Featured topic and speakers
Physicians, residents, and medical students should be able to seek and receive care for mental health or substance use without fear of stigma and with full confidentiality protections. Requiring disclosure of medical diagnosis or treatment when there is no current impairment, however, causes physicians and other clinicians to not seek care out of fear of losing their job, license or judgment from their peers.
Rather than continue that cycle of stigma, the AMA, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation and a growing coalition of medical partners have undertaken a national campaign to support physicians’ health and update all applications to remove inappropriate, stigmatizing questions about mental health and substance use.
What started out as a change made by a handful of states, health systems and hospitals has become a nationwide movement in just a few short years—more than 40 medical boards and 2,000 hospitals, health systems and other care facilities have adopted recommendations from the AMA and Breen Foundation to support clinicians’ health and well-being. Nearly 200 health systems have taken their commitment to physician well-being even further and earned recognition in the AMA Joy in Medicine® Health System Recognition Program. Are your state and hospital among them?
Please join the AMA to learn more about these successes, how changes are being implemented by leading health systems, and what you can do to bring about change in your own state, hospitals and health systems.
Host
- Daniel Blaney-Koen, JD, senior attorney, AMA Advocacy
Speakers
- Bobby Mukkamala, MD, president, AMA
- Stefanie Simmons, MD, chief medical officer, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation
- Mila Felder, MD, vice president for well-being, Advocate Health
When
Feb. 20, 2026, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Central
