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2008 AMA Annual Meeting MAC activities:

Minority Affairs Consortium (MAC) Caucus
Hyatt Regency, Plaza Ballroom B

The AMA MAC invites you to join MAC members and interested participants at the MAC  Caucus on Friday afternoon.  In addition to time for networking and discussing a range of minority related issues before the HOD, the Caucus program will include an interactive presentation on Mental Health and Health Care Disparities featuring psychiatrist Patrice Harris, MD, member of the AMA Council of Legislation and AMA Delegate for the American Psychiatric Association.  Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, Chair of the AMA MAC Governing Council and Adriann Begay, MD, representing the Association of American Indian Physicians, will join Dr. Harris in discussing mental health concerns across various cultures.  Refreshments will be served.

Highlights from the AMA-MAC Interim Meeting
Physicians and medical students who participated in the Doctors Back to School (DBTS) program were welcomed with open arms by the students at Mililani Middle School, located just outside of Waikiki, Hawaii. The DBTS program is designed to help inspire minority children to pursue careers in medicine. The AMA-MAC Caucus featured presentations by AMA President Ronald M. Davis, MD, and National Medical Association Past President Sandra Gadson, MD, co-chairs of the Commission to End Health Care Disparities about its initiatives and to engage physicians in its efforts. Drs. Davis and Gadson are co-chairs of the Commission, which now includes more than 50 organizations. They highlighted several new resources, including the Educating Physicians on Controversies in Health video series and several workshop programs designed to create awareness of this issue within the medical community. The caucus also focused on resolutions of interest to be considered by the AMA House of Delegates, announcements about upcoming governing council elections and a call for applications for the 2008 Minority Scholars Awards. The AMA-MAC also welcomed National Medical Association President Nelson Adams III, MD, to his first AMA meeting.

The AMA-MAC Disposition of Actions from the AMA Interim meeting (PDF, 107KB Adobe® Reader®)

Non-AMA Meetings:

Association of American Indian Physicians Annual Meeting
July 24-29, 2008 in Worley, Idaho

National Medical Association Annual Meeting
July 26-31, 2008 in Atlanta

E-mail MAC staff at  mac@ama-assn.org if you have a meeting you would like us to consider posting.

Materials from MAC Events and Presentations

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