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Ann R. Stroink, MD

About Leadership

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Ann Stroink, MD: Breaking down barriers to care

AMA member Ann R. Stroink, MD, started a nonprofit to help educate the public, physicians and scientists on neuroscience.
Brandi Ring, MD

Advocacy Access to Care

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Brandi Ring, MD: Giving voice to patients in need

AMA member and ob-gyn Brandi Ring, MD, sees patients at their best and at their worst. Their reality gives life to her push for safer, more affordable, more sustainable health care.
Marilyn J. Heine, MD

About Leadership

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Marilyn J. Heine, MD: The tenacity to improve health care

AMA member Marilyn J. Heine, MD, builds relationships with policymakers to put health system problems on their radar and make those issues real.

Students USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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Kaplan USMLE Step 1 prep: Which receptor types cause respiratory change?

A patient undergoing pulmonary function testing sees changes in respiratory capacity when inhaling a drug. Which receptor types are responsible?
Dr. Dionne Hart, an advocate for people with mental illness.

About Leadership

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Dionne Hart, MD: From social worker to psychiatrist of the year

AMA member and psychiatrist Dionne Hart, MD, recalls a special gift that set her eyes on medicine at age 5. She persisted in her path despite naysayers.
Steven Young, MD

About Leadership

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Steven Young, MD: Helping to steer the ship of medicine

AMA member Steven Young, MD, was inspired by his time in Peace Corps to pursue a medical career. And being active in organized medicine has given him the opportunity to seek ways to help patients.
Closeup of medical records

Practice Management Payment & Delivery Models

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Physicians to CMS: Shorten 2018 MIPS reporting period

Website delays, lack of timely notification on MIPS eligibility make it difficult for physicians to meet full-year reporting requirements.

About Leadership

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7 Min Read

Working to eliminate health disparities in cardiac care

AMA member Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, moves medicine by targeting the health disparities in cardiac care, 1-on-1 with patients and through research and education.