News & Events

The AMA-MSS Assembly Meeting Handbook is now available as a direct download from Central Desktop. Please download the Handbook prior to the Meeting.

June 4 Handbook Addendum

Complete Handbook with Addendum

As part of the MSS's move toward paperless meetings, the following items will be made available for download during the meeting:

Supplementary Report of the MSS Rules Committee
Available evening of June 11
(Contains MSS Reaffirmation Consent Calendar and Rules Committee recommendations on whether to consider late resolutions.)

Fiscal Notes for A-09 Items of Business
Available evening of June 11

Candidate Materials Addendum
Available afternoon of June 12
(Contains CVs and curricula vitae of candidates nominated from the floor at the Friday morning session of the MSS Assembly.)

Report of the MSS Reference Committee
Available late evening of June 12 or early morning of June 13

The 2009 AMA-MSS Annual Meeting will be held June 11-13, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in Chicago, Ill.

Scheduled events include:

• Sixth Annual Medical Specialty Showcase
• Three days of educational programs on a wide range of topics Policy-making sessions
• AMA_MSS Governing Council elections
• AMA-MSS National Service Project event
• Keynote speaker - Geoffrey Tabin, MD: “Impossible Dreams: Climbing Everest and Eradicating World Blindness"

Download the Meeting Agenda

Dr. Geoffrey Tabin

The AMA-MSS is pleased to announce its keynote speaker for A-09. Geoffrey Tabin, MD, will speak on “Impossible Dreams: Climbing Everest and Eradicating World Blindness."

Geoffrey Tabin, MD, is Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Utah and the John A. Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and Co-Director of the Himalayan Cataract Project. He was the fourth person to climb the “7 Summits,” the highest point of all seven continents; and has pioneered difficult technical rock, ice, and mountaineering routes on all seven continents including the East Face of Mt. Everest. In 1994 he co-founded the Himalayan Cataract Project which strives to eradicate preventable and curable blindness in the Himalaya through high quality ophthalmic care, education, and establishment of a world-class eye care infrastructure.

Learn more about Dr. Tabin and his work

At the 2009 AMA-MSS Annual Meeting, the AMA-MSS Assembly will elect the following 2009-2010 AMA-MSS Governing Council members:

• Vice Chair
• Delegate
• Alternate Delegate
• At-Large Officer
• Speaker
• Vice Speaker

Candidate applications are available for review in the AMA-MSS Assembly Meeting Handbook.

Applications of candidates running from the floor will be available on Friday afternoon (June 12).

The AMA-MSS will hold its National Service Project event on Friday, June 12. Continuing with the theme of Covering the Uninsured and Protecting Access to Care, the event will entail AMA-MSS members distributing information about access to care in Chicago and Illinois at the historic Navy Pier.

At a time when local and national conversations about health care are paramount, medical students will speak with local residents about the importance of access to care, health care reform, and the availability of safety net health coverage and services in the Chicago area through Medicaid, through the state's All Kids program, and through the city's various free and low-cost clinics and providers.

The deadline to reserve a spot at the A-09 National Service Project event has passed.

If you were unable to reserve a spot, please visit the “Together We Are Stronger Room" (Stetson F) on Friday, June 12, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The standing AMA-MSS Community Service Committee and the A-09 Community Service Convention Committee will provide rotating 30-minute problem solving sessions on how to strengthen your AMA's community service leadership on campus and how to increase service project collaboration between Chapters and within Regions.

Visitors to the “Together We Are Stronger Room” will also be able to participate in an on-site service project while these community service-related discussions are taking place. The AMA Government Relations Advocacy Fellow (GRAF) and AMA-MSS Committee on Legislation and Advocacy will host a Congressional letter-writing campaign to support H.R. 2332 (Future Physicians Serving America Act), which would provide tuition assistance for PeaceCorps and AmeriCorps graduates who attend medical school.

The deadline to register online for the meeting has passed.

Registration will be available on-site at the meeting. Please refer to the meeting Agenda for registration times and location.

Special Note for Satellite Campus Representatives:

Per MSS Policy 665.006, satellite campus Delegates and Alternate Delegates must provide proof of satellite campus attendance in order to be credentialed as MSS Assembly representatives. Acceptable forms of identification include a campus-specific identification card or a letter from a medical school dean or other school official certifying that the student does in fact attend the satellite campus in question.

Satellite campus representatives will not be credentialed without proof of satellite campus attendance.

Hotel Accommodations

The AMA has reserved blocks of rooms at a discounted rate for A-09 attendees at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and at the nearby Courtyard Marriott. Rooms are limited and sure to go fast, so make your reservation today!

Are you looking for a roommate to share the cost of a hotel room at A-09? Visit the A-09 Housing Exchange Forum to communicate with other A-09 meeting attendees about sharing hotel rooms.

Airfare Discount

The AMA has teamed up with United Airlines to offer a special discount to A-09 attendees. Please visit www.united.com to book your reservation on-line and receive a 5% discount. Once you have linked to United.com:

• Enter your origin, destination, and travel dates.
• Click on the upgrades, promotions, class, nonstops line.
• Enter 500CQ (use capital letters) in the promotion code box.
• Available flights will be displayed; When you select an available flight your discounted fare will be calculated automatically .

You can also call the United Meeting Desk at (800) 521-4041 to book your reservation. There are no fees for meeting attendees to book reservations with the Meeting Desk. Be sure to mention File #500CQ to receive your discount.

Chicago Restaurant Discounts

A-09 attendees can enjoy a 20% discount at a number of Chicago restaurants by showing their Convention Badges.