2018 AMA Annual Meeting
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Physicians adopt plan to combat pay gap in medicine

Reports show pay disparities among male and female physicians after accounting for other factors. The AMA will advocate a wide array of measures to address the issue.

Health Equity
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Georgia physician elected as AMA president-elect

Patrice A. Harris, M.D., was elected as the new president-elect of AMA today. Dr. Harris is the first African-American woman to hold the office.

Press Releases
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May 3, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

The AMA and other health care professional organizations argue Trump's travel ban exacerbates physician shortage, medical training and more.

Advocacy Update
Tiffani L. Bell, MD
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Tiffani L. Bell, MD: Caring for the whole child

AMA member Tiffani L. Bell, MD, is working to marry training in obesity medicine and child and adolescent psychiatry to serve the whole patient. She also encourages other underrepresented minorities to pursue medicine.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
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Travel ban threatens to worsen access to care

AMA joins brief supporting effort to block nationality-based restrictions on immigration and travel. Physicians from Syria and Iran alone handle 14 million patient visits annually.

Judicial Advocacy
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Pay inequity, flex schedules top concerns for women physicians

A majority of women say their ambition to become physicians began in girlhood.

Health Equity
Four female physicians gather for consultation.
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Finding hidden leadership figures among women physicians

In a webinar for Women in Medicine Month, Vineet Arora, MD describes barriers faced by women physicians and identifies strategies to bring hidden leadership figures to the forefront of medicine.

Health Equity
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In patient satisfaction scores, what role does bias play?

Anecdotal reports of patient bias toward female and minority physicians are widespread. New research will explore how such attitudes translate into patients’ survey responses.

Health Equity
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Research to address senior women physicians’ challenges

They helped break barriers in medicine. Now, senior female physicians face daunting challenges such as retirement planning and parental caregiving.

Health Equity