AMA Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees actions & official record

Leadership Viewpoints: Confronting harassment within medicine head on

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: January 2020

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for January 2020.

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Patient Support & Advocacy

Physicians will keep fighting on these 6 key issues in 2020

Health care policy debates must include the trusted voices of doctors advocating for their patients, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: December 2019

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for December 2019.

AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, at the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting

Population Care

AMA president: Physicians have an obligation to be leaders

When there are situations that affect the health and well-being of our patients, we have an obligation to lead, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

AMA member speaking during 2019 Interim HOD Meeting

Opioids

AMA to boost education on methadone maintenance therapy

Methadone has been used for 40 years to treat opioid-use disorder. AMA adopts policy to explore expanding access.

Press Releases

Loyola University medical student elected to AMA Board of Trustees

Blake Murphy to assume office at the conclusion of the AMA’s Annual Meeting in June 2020.

Delegate speaking at the HOD 2019 Interim Meeting

Physician Diversity

AMA: Let children of H1-B physicians stay in U.S. as adults

Allowing children in the U.S. who were brought here legally by their physician parents could help ease projected doctor shortages.

Delegate at the microphone during the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting

Interim Meeting

Highlights from the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting

Catch up with the news from the AMA House of Delegates’ November 2019 meeting in San Diego.

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