2009 Annual Meeting

3:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago

1. Call to Order by the Speaker - Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
2. Invocation
3. National Anthem
4. Report of the Committee on Rules and Credentials – J. Patrick Barrett, MD, Chair
5. Report of the Executive Vice President - Michael D. Maves, MD, MBA
6. Address of the President – Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD
7. Remarks of the Speaker - Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
8. Nominations of Officers
(a) President-Elect
(b) Speaker of the House
(c) Vice Speaker of the House
(d) Board of Trustees
Three members of the Board of Trustees (Contingent on Dr. Wilson’s election as President-elect)
One resident/fellow physician member
9. Nominations for Councils of the AMA
(a) Council on Constitution and Bylaws
Two members of the Council on Constitution and Bylaws
One resident/fellow physician member
(b) Council on Medical Education
Five members of the Council on Medical Education
(b) Council on Medical Service
One member of the Council on Medical Service
(c) Council on Science and Public Health
Two members of the Council on Science and Public Health
One resident/fellow physician member
10. Nominations for Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
(Made by the President-Elect and Elected by the House of Delegates)
(a) One member of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
(b) One resident/fellow physician member
(c) One medical student member
(Time, place and procedure for elections will be recommended
by the Committee on Rules and Credentials.)

8:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago

1. Report of the Committee on Rules and Credentials - J. Patrick Barrett, MD, Chair
2. Presentation, Correction and Adoption of Minutes of 2008 Interim Meeting
3. Remarks of the Speaker - Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
4. Announcement of Changes in Reference Committees
5. Reports of the Board of Trustees – Joseph M. Heyman, MD, Chair
6. Reports of the Councils of the AMA
Council on Constitution and Bylaws K. Barton Farris, MD, Chair
Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs Regina M. Benjamin, MD, Chair
Council on Long Range Planning and Development Cathy O. Blight, MD, Chair
Council on Medical Education Claudette E. Dalton, MD, Chair
Council on Medical Service David O. Barbe, Chair
Council on Science and Public Health Carolyn B. Robinowitz, MD, Chair
7. Unfinished Business
8. New Business (Introduction of Resolutions)
9. Supplementary Report of the Committee on Rules and Credentials
re: Late Resolutions and Reaffirmation Consent Calendar -
J. Patrick Barrett, MD, Chair

2:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago

1. Call to Order by the Speaker - Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
2. Report of the Committee on Rules and Credentials - J. Patrick Barrett, MD, Chair
3. New Business
(a) Presented by the Board of Trustees
(b) Presented by a Council or Committee of the AMA
Or Special Committee of the House of Delegates
(c) Presentation of Resolutions
4. Reports of Reference Committees of the House of Delegates
5. Unfinished Business
6. Announcements

9:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago

1. Call to Order by the Speaker - Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
2. Report of the Committee on Rules and Credentials - J. Patrick Barrett, MD, Chair
3. New Business
(a) Presented by the Board of Trustees
(b) Presented by a Council or Committee of the AMA
or Special Committee of the House of Delegates
(c) Presentation of Resolutions
4. Announcement and Confirmation of Election Results
5. Reports of Reference Committees of the House of Delegates
6. Unfinished Business
7. Announcements
The Inauguration of J. James Rohack, MD, as the 164th President
of the American Medical Association, will be held at 5:00 PM
in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

9:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago

1. Call to Order by the Speaker - Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD
2. Report of the Committee on Rules and Credentials - J. Patrick Barrett, MD, Chair
3. New Business
(a) Resolutions of an Emergency Nature
(requires 3/4 affirmative vote to pass)
(b) Reports from the Board of Trustees
(requires 3/4 affirmative vote to pass)
4. Reports of Reference Committees of the House of Delegates
5. Unfinished Business
6. Report of the Committee on Rules and Credentials - J. Patrick Barrett, MD, Chair
7. Adjournment