AMA announces Board of Trustees for 2016-2017

New AMA Board Chair Dr. Patrice Harris becomes first African-American female to hold that office

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The American Medical Association (AMA) today introduced the 21 members of its Board of Trustees for the coming year following elections held during the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.

Andrew W. Gurman, M.D., an orthopaedic hand surgeon from Hollidaysburg, Penn., was sworn in as the 171st president of the American Medical Association (AMA). In leading the nation's largest physician organization, Dr. Gurman will focus his tenure on advancing the AMA's three strategic focus areas, to: improve health outcomes for Americans living with pre-diabetes and hypertension; accelerate change in medical education and prepare students for today's health care system; and enhance physician satisfaction and practice sustainability.

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