Owensboro’s Dr. William “Bill” Harrison, a retired board-certified radiologist, recently received the Kentucky Medical Association Distinguished Service Award.
“It was a total surprise,” Harrison said. “I’ve been retired for a couple of years now. I was the President of KMA from 2012-2013 and sort of thought I had faded from everybody’s memory a little bit. It meant a lot to be recognized by my peers for all the time that I have donated to the organization and to the interest of our patients by trying to promote the efficiency of medicine in the state.”
Harrison stepped into the role of KMA president after the untimely death of President Uday Dave, M.D.
“Harrison assumed the position with a calming approach for the membership and worked to bring physicians from across the Commonwealth together foster a collaborative tone with external organizations to further the public health and legislative goals of the organization,” a release from KMA said.
Harrison reflected fondly on his career and work with KMA.
“I would say it was basically a labor of love,” he said. “I really enjoyed doing it and working with some extremely impressive people over the years. It truly was a pleasure.”
Harrison’s leadership has continued in the last several years as he continues to serve as Vice President of KMA’s charitable arm, the Kentucky Foundation for Medical Care.
“In this role, Dr. Harrison has been an integral part of helping to craft and support KMA’s public initiative including the robust resources and information communicated about COVID-19, tobacco cessation and lung health,” the release says. “The Foundation’s recent campaign ‘Voices for Vaccination’ has led to multiple public service announcements, which were also deployed as ads on streaming Wservices targeting the five Kentucky counties with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates. These ads generated nearly 700,000 impressions and more than two hundred clicks to the website.”
