Best of 2018 social media

Physician Health

Liked, loved, shared: What got physicians talking this year

Physician actions in areas such as gun violence, professional burnout and immigration policy struck home with readers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Press Releases

UC-Irvine medical student elected to AMA Board of Trustees

The AMA announced today that Sarah Mae Smith has been elected the next student member of the AMA Board of Trustees.

AMA Elections

House of Delegates AMA Board and Council candidates election

Review the list of candidates, their conflict of interest statements and the election manual for the 2019 HOD election for the AMA Board and councils.

Press Releases

Georgia physician elected as AMA president-elect

Patrice A. Harris, M.D., was elected as the new president-elect of AMA today. Dr. Harris is the first African-American woman to hold the office.

Press Releases

Arkansas radiologist, former state legislator elected to AMA board

The AMA announced the election of Arkansas radiologist Scott Ferguson, M.D., to its Board of Trustees.

Press Releases

Barbara L. McAneny, M.D., inaugurated as 173rd president of the AMA

Barbara L. McAneny, M.D., a physician from Albuquerque, N.M., will be the first oncologist and fourth woman to lead the nation’s largest physician organization.
Patrice A. Harris, MD

Board of Trustees

Patrice A. Harris, MD, wins office of AMA president-elect

She becomes the first African-American woman to hold the office. AMA trustees, council members also elected.
Barbara L. McAneny, MD, an oncologist from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Board of Trustees

AMA president-elect, trustees elected

Physicians were elected during the 2017 AMA Annual Meeting to the office of president-elect and to open seats on the AMA Board of Trustees.

Essential AMA Elections Tools & Resources

Candidates’ Election Manual: 2019 Annual

Board of Trustees members

AMA Councils

AMA Constitution & Bylaws