Illinois CME Requirements

Learn about the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) and earn over 100 of your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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6 Min Read

This Ochsner Health “intrapreneur” has tips for innovating in-house

Korak Sarkar, MD, MHDS, leads a biodesign lab at Ochsner Health and details how physicians can pursue innovation from within their organizations.

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Career Development
Health System Spotlight
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8 Min Read

Precision education

Precision education is a developing concept and one of four new focus areas for the AMA ChangeMedEd® initiative. Find out more.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
Darren Gitelman, MD
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Finding my place in medicine: Darren Gitelman, MD

After 20 years at one institution, Dr Gitelman, a behavioral neurologist, switched jobs for the opportunity to build a new program. It transformed his career.

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Transition to Attending
Finding My Place in Medicine
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5 Min Read

Have a passion for problem-solving? Consider entrepreneurial path

Health AI entrepreneur Khan Siddiqui, MD, details how physicians’ traits can transfer to business ventures and the likely challenges they will face.

Career Development
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10 Min Read

Physician leadership is changing. Here’s what it takes.

Future physician leaders need more than management tracks. They need time, mentorship and authority to help redesign care.

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Career Development
Health System Spotlight
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2 Min Read

June 18, 2026: State Advocacy Update

Illinois legislators pass Transparency in Downcoding Act, and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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3 rules for getting your physician-led startup off the ground

Natalie Davis, MD, founded PreventScripts to solve the lifestyle disease crisis. Now she’s sharing her results—in this story and at a can’t-miss AMA event.

Career Development
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Highlights from the 2026 AMA Annual Meeting

Catch up with news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran June 5–9.

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians
Sandra Fryhofer, MD
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Sandra A. Fryhofer, MD, wins office of AMA president-elect

An internal medicine physician from Atlanta, Dr. Fryhofer will become AMA president in June 2027. Catch up on the other AMA election results.

AMA Elections