SPS Members and News Highlights-November 2026

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Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD
Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD, PhD

A note from the SPS chair

November 2026

From SPS Chair Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD, PhD

As the Senior Physicians Section chair for 2026–2027, I would like to share several ideas I hope to advance through my service on the elected governing council.

Medicine is changing at an extraordinary pace. Artificial intelligence, precision medicine, new therapeutics, changing health systems, corporate influence and rapidly expanding scientific knowledge are reshaping how physicians practice and how patients receive care. In this environment, one resource remains especially valuable: the experience of physicians who have devoted decades to patient care and service to the profession.

 

 

 

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