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Generosity of AMA employees shines during COVID-19 and beyond

AMA employees have a long history of pitching in during times of crisis. Learn how the generosity of the staff has enhanced that legacy during COVID-19.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA-brokered deal secures coverage for Hahnemann residents, fellows

Court-approved settlement will pay for legally required long-tail medical liability insurance for the 1,400-plus residents and fellows affected. The AMA has underwritten the legal work in the case.

Resident Advocacy
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AMA-brokered deal poised to cover residents affected by Hahnemann closure

1,500-plus displaced Hahnemann doctors could get long-tail liability coverage if judge OKs AMA’s underwriting legal representation of orphaned residents, fellows in the case.

Resident Advocacy
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Effort aims to create cadre of physician LGBTQ health specialists

C-SPAN co-founder John D. Evans helped bring Congress to cable TV. Now he will lead AMA Foundation commission targeting LGBTQ health disparities.

Population Health
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AMA Foundation launches new plan to address LGBTQ health disparities

John D. Evans to chair AMA Foundation Commission for National LGBTQ Fellowship Program.

Press Releases
Vijaya Appareddy, MD
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Vijaya Appareddy, MD: From assisting her father to helping patients

AMA member Vijaya Appareddy, MD, was first introduced to medicine by watching her father, a plastic surgeon, treat his patients.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
Saby Karuppiah, MD, MPH
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Sabesan Karuppiah, MD, MPH: Helping as many people as he can

AMA member and IMG Saby Karuppiah, MD, MPH, became a doctor to help people because his mother struggled with lack of health care during her childhood.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
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Grants to fund research on women’s advancement in medicine

Separate projects explore gender differences in in orthopedic surgery and women physicians’ experiences during critical career transitions.

Health Equity
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Grants will help residents displaced by record hospital closure

Nearly 600 residents and fellows were sent scrambling for new positions after a 500-bed Philadelphia hospital closed. Donations from the AMA and others will help pay relocation costs.

Resident Advocacy