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RFS elections took place during the 2025 RFS Interim Meeting on Nov. 14, 2025.

This page lists the newest member of the RFS Governing Council, the RFS endorsed candidate for the resident seat on the AMA Council on Science and Public Health and the elected sectional delegates and alternate delegates.

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Chair-elect

Laurie Lyn Lapp, MD, MPH

Sectional delegates & alternate delegates

Resident seat on the AMA Council on Science and Public Health 

Abhishek Jay Dharan, MD

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