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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 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 - 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 - 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.
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