AMA announces Board of Trustees for 2017-2018

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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.

David O. Barbe, M.D., M.H.A., a family physician from Mountain Grove, Mo., was sworn in as the 172th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). In leading the nation’s largest physician organization, Dr. Barbe will focus his tenure on advancing the AMA’s strategy 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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