Meetings
Minority Affairs Consortium (MAC)
A-09 Caucus and Reception
The AMA-MAC held its business meeting this past June spending a large amount of that time discussing various resolutions and reports before the House of Delegates. The MAC had several items being submitted this year on topics ranging from increased collaboration with the National Medical Association (NMA) following the AMA apology to African American physicians to other topics such as working with the federation on the creation and implementation of policies focused on the elimination of racial and ethnic health care disparities. Look for the MAC policy compendium to be updated with actions from this meeting no later than November 2009.
The AMA-MAC was pleased to introduce the winners of its 2009 AMA Foundation Minority Scholars Award program, supported by the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative, at its caucus and reception. Congratulations to Rashad Belin, Natalie Casagrande, Kofi Essel, Suzanne Garber, Carl Lambert, Marlene Martin, Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, Elizabeth Phillips, Kasandra Scales, Catalina Soto, Manuel Tapia, and Lucille Torres.
Later at the caucus, attendees enjoyed an informative presentation by Hector Castro, MD, the medical director with the Latino Health Institute in New York. Dr. Castro shared the successes he and his team have experienced at the institute and best practices to consider when treating Hispanic patients. Attendees also had the opportunity to review and discuss resolutions and reports before the House of Delegates focused on issues of concern to minority physicians, medical students, and patients.
At its business meeting on Friday, the Governing Council elected new officers for the 2009-2010 term. The new Chair is Shanda Lohse, MD and the new Vice-Chair is Sandra Gadson, MD.
