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Patient on hospital stretcher being comforted by another person
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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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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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Seven honorees for women in medicine event
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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
Wide shot of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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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
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Student SOS: 6 ways to avoid “distress” in medical school

Studies show nearly 50 percent of medical students experience burnout. Take time to learn the key signs of “student distress,” so you can boost well-being during medical school.

Med Student Health
Hunter M. Pattison, MD, an emergency medicine resident
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Hunter Pattison, MD: An advocate for local, national peers

AMA member Hunter Pattison, MD, is an emergency medicine resident who sees the impact of organized medicine at the local, national and specialty levels.

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Tamaan K. Osbourne-Roberts, MD
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Tamaan K. Osbourne-Roberts, MD: Treating patients, shaping policy

AMA member and family physician Tamaan K. Osbourne-Roberts, MD, sees policymaking an extension of Hippocratic Oath’s call to apply “all measures which are required.”

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