MAC Governing Council election

MAC Governing Council election results

Your MAC Governing Council is pleased to announce the results of its MAC Governing Council election. Thanks to all of you who participated in the election by voting and/or running for a position. Election results are as follows:

• MAC Delegate to HOD: Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH
• MAC At-large Representative: Alice Coombs, MD;J. Renee Chapman Navarro, MD *
  

* Please note that due to election of Dr. Diana Ramos to the position of Delegate, her current At-Large position was left vacant. Consequently, the MAC Governing Council voted to elect the runner-up from this election to fill the second At-Large position.

If you have any questions please contact Wilda Knox at wilda.knox@ama-assn.org.

About the MAC Governing Council

The MAC Governing Council represents a diversity of physicians and organizations committed to addressing the concerns of physicians and patients from underrepresented minority groups.

In total, there are nine members of the Council: two at-large elected members; one elected delegate to the AMA House of Delegates; and six members who are appointed to represent, respectively, the Association of American Indian Physicians, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Association, and the Medical Student, Resident and Fellow, and Young Physician sections.

MAC goals and objectives

• Increase the number of underrepresented minority medical students and physicians.
• Provide AMA forum for networking and grassroots advocacy on minority issues.
• Eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities and improve the status of minority health in the US.
• Promote workforce diversity and cultural competence in the profession.
• Expand the number and influence of minority physicians in the AMA.
• Encourage cooperation and collaboration with minority physician medical
  associations and other relevant organizations.
• Provide advice/counsel on minority issues to the AMA Board of Trustees and Councils.