Meeting Coverage

AMA

American Medical Association

Should Board Certification Organizations Have to Meet Particular Standards?

AMA delegates debate the question, air their grievances with maintenance of certification

AMA over a photo of Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii

Latest AMA Meetings

AMA Edges Closer to Supporting Public Option

Members will also oppose employer mandates requiring docs to sign contracts waiving due process

November 16, 2022
AMA Discusses Emergency Cardiac Care, Abortion as Delegates Wrap Up Interim Meeting

Resolution on transgender athletes also approved

November 16, 2022
AMA Votes to Oppose Punishing Doctors When Necessary Care Results in Fetal Death

Doctors recount horrors of physician and patient arrests after loss of pregnancy

November 15, 2022
Expanding Vaccination Pay, 'Public Option' Fuel Debate Among AMA Delegates

Resolutions also advocate for greater accuracy in Medicare Advantage plan offerings and more

November 14, 2022
COVID Vaccine Mandates in the Spotlight at the AMA's Interim Meeting

Sobriety criteria for liver transplant patients also discussed

November 14, 2022
AMA President Says 'Enough is Enough' to Divisive Politics, Fake News in Medicine

"We cannot allow physicians or our patients to become pawns," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD

November 13, 2022
AMA President-Elect Comes By His Profession Naturally

As the child of a dentist and a psychologist, Jesse Ehrenfeld says he was "called" to medicine

June 17, 2022
Health Equity, Gun Violence Prevention Among Priorities for AMA's New President

Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, talks about running "the race we're in"

June 15, 2022
Unmatched Physicians' Futures a Focus at the AMA Meeting

Delegates debate allowing them to work in underserved areas with licensed physician supervision

June 15, 2022
AMA Acknowledges Voting Is a Social Determinant of Health

Gerrymandering has disenfranchised already vulnerable communities, delegates argue

June 14, 2022
AMA Delegates Pass Resolution on Gun Violence

The group also addressed use of BMI as a standard measure, protection of sexual assault victims

June 14, 2022
AMA Annual Meeting Marred by Election Violation Charge

President-elect candidate Willarda Edwards accused of vote-trading, denies any wrongdoing

June 13, 2022
Med Students Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools at the AMA Meeting

Making families responsible for sex education isn't working, say advocates of proposed policy

June 13, 2022
AMA Debates Policy on Informal Milk Sharing Amid Formula Shortage

"There's nothing nefarious going on here," said one delegate opposing proposed policy

June 13, 2022