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James L. Madara, MD

James L. Madara, MD

Dr. Madara has served as the CEO and executive vice president of the American Medical Association since 2011. He also holds the academic title of adjunct professor of pathology at Northwestern University.

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Tanya Albert Henry

Tanya Albert Henry

Tanya Albert Henry is an award-winning freelance writer who has been covering health care for 20 years.

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Amy Farouk

Amy Farouk

Amy Farouk joined the AMA in 2007 and served as the founding writer and editor for AMA Wire®, a post she held until 2016. She has covered health care topics from court cases to health IT and from Medicare payment policies to physicians' personal finance. Prior to joining the AMA, Amy taught writing at Florida State University, from which she also holds a masters degree in English Literature.

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Lyndra Vassar

Lyndra was a staff writer for AMA Wire from 2016 to 2017.

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Troy Parks

Troy Parks

Troy was a news writer for the AMA from 2015 to 2017. In addition to writing for the AMA, his work has appeared in newsletters and publications of the Colorado Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the Washington State Medical Association, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Oblong Magazine. 

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Lauren Rees

Lauren was a staff writer for the AMA from 2014 to 2015.

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Timothy M. Smith

Timothy M. Smith

Timothy contributes news stories on a freelance basis. He was a senior staff writer at the AMA from 2016 to 2017 and has more than 10 years’ experience writing about health care. He previously served as director of communications for Venice Family Clinic, the then-largest free clinic in the country, where he wrote extensively about accessibility of care, health care reform and health policy. He is a graduate of Indiana University.

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Robert Nagler Miller

Robert worked as a contributing writer in 2017.

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Caleb Zimmerschied

Caleb worked as a contributing writer in 2017.

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