Meetings
AMA-Minority Affairs Section
Annual Assembly Meeting
June 14, 2013
Hyatt Regency
Chicago
Online registration for the 2013 AMA-MAS Annual Meeting is now closed. If you have not yet registered and would like to attend the meeting, please RSVP with your full name, city, and state to mas@ama-assn.org in order to receive a full schedule and agenda book prior to the meeting. On-site registration will be available at the Hyatt Regency Chicago outside of the Grand Ballroom on Friday June 14, or Saturday June 15.
The 2013 Annual Meeting Agenda for the Minority Affairs Section is now available.
The 2013 MAS Annual Meeting Schedule At-A-Glance is now available.
2012 Interim Meeting Highlights
The AMA Minority Affairs Section (AMA-MAS) Governing Council held three programs in conjunction with its section business meeting and reception.
The AMA-MAS and the AMA Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS) conducted a successful Doctors Back to School™ (DBTS) visit at Keiwai Elementary School. The program reached out to one hundred Hawaiian fourth and fifth graders, presenting healthy lifestyle choices (diet, physical activity, and reducing alcohol and tobacco use) and showing how medicine is an attainable profession. The DBTS program is a tangible way that physicians and medical students introduce and inspire minority children to consider careers in medicine.
Dr. S. Kalani Brady, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine was the keynote speaker at this year’s AMA-MAS section business meeting. His highly engaging presentation addressed changing the narrative when we talk about racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. The meeting also featured an open forum on AMA House of Delegates reports and resolutions that impact minority physicians and patients.
The MAS, in collaboration with other AMA sections and specialty groups, hosted a CME educational program. Jeffrey Gold, MD, Provost & Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean, University of Toledo College of Medicine, was the keynote speaker. The session featured an interactive discussion and panelist commentary on the AMA’s efforts in reshaping and accelerating physician medical education in the U.S. and strategies on how to implement various approaches to improving the medical education system.
Doctors Back to School
The AMA Minority Affairs Section, along the AMA Medical Student Section, held a Doctors Back to School™ (DBTS) visit November 9 at Kaewai Elementary School in Honolulu. This collaborative effort involved reaching out to area elementary school students, presenting healthy lifestyle choices (diet, physical activity, and reducing alcohol and tobacco use) and showing them that medicine is an attainable career.
The DBTS program is a tangible way that physicians and medical students can introduce and inspire minority children to consider careers in medicine.
If you would like to volunteer for future events, email mas@ama-assn.org or call Cynthia Norwood at (312) 464-4743.
Educational Programs
Dr. S. Kalani Brady, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine was the keynote speaker at this year's AMA-MAS section business meeting. His highly engaging presentation addressed changing the narrative when we talk about racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. The meeting also featured an open forum on AMA House of Delegates reports and resolutions that impact minority physicians and patients.
