Robert M. Wah, MD

It's been many years since I was a medical resident, but as an educator, I have the opportunity to see residents from the other side. In the new year, three issues will rise to the top of residents' minds.

Every day, physicians are fortunate to give our patients the wonderful gift of good health. We're celebrating this gift by asking everyone to tell us what health and wellness means to them.

I spent a few days last week at the University of Texas at Austin, where in 2016 a brand new medical school will open. As an educator, I’m excited by this opportunity. As a proponent of effective health IT, I see this as a promising view of the future of health care.

When you close your eyes and picture the AMA, what do you see? Everyone carries a mental image of the AMA, but I'd venture that the picture you have is outdated.

It's that time of year -- holiday lights and celebrations seem to go hand-in-hand with sniffles, coughing and fatigue. But there's a way to protect yourself, your family and your holiday season: Get a flu shot.

If there’s one thing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has shown us, it’s that diseases and pandemics do not respect boundaries. In a globalized world, what affects one country’s physicians and patients can affect all of us, no matter where we are.

As a physician and having served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for more than two decades, I believe Veterans’ Day is one of the most important days of the year—perhaps even more than usual this year. In August, Congress adopted a veterans’ health care reform law, which the AMA helped shape.

Support is growing to finally move Medicare into the 21st century by employing practical solutions to problems that have plagued the system for years, including repealing the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) that has been a failure since it was first enacted.