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UC-Irvine medical student elected to AMA Board of Trustees

The AMA announced today that Sarah Mae Smith has been elected the next student member of the AMA Board of Trustees.

Press Releases
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.

Leadership
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.”

Leadership
Mark A. Kashtan, MD, MPH
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Mark A. Kashtan, MD, MPH: Maintaining empathy in the OR

AMA member and surgical fellow Mark A. Kashtan, MD, discovered the importance of empathy in a health care well before he became a physician.

Leadership
Breyen A. Coffin, fourth-year medical student
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Breyen A. Coffin: Shaping future to best serve patients

AMA member Breyen A. Coffin, a fourth-year student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, works to shape medicine’s future while shaping his own.

Leadership
Lauren Benning, medical student
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Lauren Benning: Reducing the obesity stigma

AMA member and medical student Lauren Benning aims to take a practical, nonjudgmental approach to treating obesity.

Chronic Diseases
Portrait of Hussein A. Antar
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Hussein A. Antar: Passionately advocating for access to care

AMA member and medical student Hussein A. Antar is a passionate advocate for patients’ access to quality health care.

Leadership
Nara Tashjian, a fourth-year medical student and MBA candidate
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Nara Tashjian: A full schedule of learning and activism

AMA member Nara Tashjian will graduate with a medical degree, an MBA, and experience as an advocate, free-clinic director and medical missionary.

Med Student Advocacy
Sohayla Rostami, DO, a general surgery resident in New York
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Sohayla Rostami, DO: A supportive approach to patients, peers

AMA member Sohayla Rostami, DO, is deeply committed to creating a positive environment for her patients and colleagues.

Leadership