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AMA Press Release - 06/19/2013

Medical Student Ryan Ribeira Elected to AMA Board of Trustees

Ryan Ribeira, a medical student at UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, Calif., today became a member of the Board of Trustees of the AMA.

AMA Press Release - 06/19/2013

AMA Announces New Policy on Final Day of Annual Meeting

The AMA concluded its Annual Meeting today and announced the adoption of the new policy on sugar-sweetened beverages.

AMA President, Ardis Dee Hoven, MD

AMA President Blog - 06/19/2013

On the Road with AMA President, Ardis Dee Hoven, MD

Dr. Hoven writes that the future of American health care is in physicians’ hands.

American Medical News

American Medical News - 06/19/2013

Will Medicare pay disclosure ruling be last straw for doctors?

A federal judge struck down a 1979 injunction that had prevented Medicare payment information identifying individual physicians from being released to the public.

JAMA

JAMA - 06/19/2013

Endosonography vs Bronchoscopy for Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis

von Bartheld and coauthors conducted a randomized controlled multicenter trial in 304 patients to compare conventional bronchoscopy with endosonography for the detection of granulomas in patients with suspected pulmonary sarcoidosis.

AMA Press Release - 06/18/2013

Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, Inaugurated as 168th President of AMA

Lexington infectious disease specialist's work with HIV/AIDS patients spurred her involvement in organized medicine.

AMA Press Release - 06/18/2013

AMA Adopts New Policies on Second Day of Voting at Annual Meeting

The AMA voted today during its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new policies on emerging issues in public health and science.

AMA Press Release - 06/18/2013

Minnesota Physician Maya Babu Elected to the AMA Board of Trustees

The AMA announced Maya Babu, MD, MBA, a resident in neurosurgery in Rochester, Minn., has been elected to the AMA Board of Trustees.

AMA Press Release - 06/18/2013

South Carolina Physician Gerald E. Harmon, MD, Elected to AMA Board of Trustees

The AMA announced today the election of Gerald E. Harmon, MD, a family medicine specialist from coastal South Carolina, to the Board of Trustees.

AMA Press Release - 06/18/2013

Missouri Doctor Re-elected to AMA Board of Trustees

David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, a family physician from Mountain Grove, Mo., was elected today to a second term on the governing board of the AMA.

AMA Press Release - 06/18/2013

Robert M. Wah, MD, Elected President-Elect of AMA

Robert M. Wah, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist and ob-gyn in the Washington, D.C. area, has been elected president-elect of the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physician organization.