Loyola University medical student elected to AMA Board of Trustees

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, today announced the election of Blake E. Murphy to its Board of Trustees. She will assume office at the conclusion of the AMA’s Annual Meeting in June 2020.

Murphy is a third-year medical student at the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago.  She is expected to complete medical school by May 2021.

“I am deeply honored be elected to the Board of Trustees of the AMA, which has been a relentless advocate for patients and physicians for more than 170 years,” said Murphy. “As a member of the Board of Trustees, I look forward to representing the medical student voice, particularly at this critical moment when the AMA is building its Center for Health Equity.”