Kentucky physician elected to preside over AMA policy-making body

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CHICAGO — Physicians and medical students gathered at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) today voted for Bruce A. Scott, M.D., an otolaryngologist from Louisville, Ky., as the new speaker of the AMA House of Delegates. In this position, Dr. Scott will preside over 640 physicians and medical students who comprise the policy-making body of the nation’s largest physician organization.

“It is a deep honor and privilege to preside over the policy-making forum at the center of American medicine and help craft results-focused policies that enable physicians to answer a national imperative to improve the health of the nation,” said Dr. Scott.

 

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