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Shawn C. Jones Jr.
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3 MIN READ

Shawn C. Jones Jr.: Medicine runs in the family

AMA member Shawn C. Jones Jr. created an inaugural nutrition and cooking class to bring together students, physicians and chefs to better understand disease processes.

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Members Move Medicine
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How Kaiser Permanente manages at burning edge of climate change

One doctor’s harrowing story sheds light on the personal and professional impact of increasingly common and severe weather events—and the health system coordination needed to survive them.

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Health System Spotlight
Patrice Harris, MD, 2019 Interim Meeting speech
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AMA President Dr. Harris among top 25 minority leaders in medicine

Hospital and health system executives and others made this year’s Modern Healthcare list of the top 25 minority leaders in health care. Learn about the AMA members who are moving medicine.

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Jenny Boyer, MD
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Jenny Boyer, MD, JD, PhD: Providing care to struggling veterans

AMA member Jenny Boyer, MD, JD, PhD, began her health career as a clinical psychologist, but pursued medicine to better understand and treat medical and mental health conditions.

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4 MIN READ

How telehealth is the Netflix of medicine—and why it matters

A little-known fact reveals the growing role that telehealth is playing in U.S. health care. Learn how Privia Health has adapted to better serve patients.

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Health System Spotlight
Bridget A. Bagert, MD
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Bridget A. Bagert, MD: Empowering patients with multiple sclerosis

Dr. Bagert, an AMA member and neurologist, saw that her grandparents’ work in health care was guided by a sense of purpose and meaning. Their example led her to a career in medicine.

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5 MIN READ

Why health care AI can’t replace medicine’s human component

The AMA deliberately uses the term “augmented intelligence” rather than the more common “artificial intelligence”—and there’s a good reason for that.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Arlene Phuong-Quynh Ho
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Arlene Phuong-Quynh Ho: At forefront of medical student philanthropy

AMA member Arlene Phuong-Quynh Ho is pursuing medicine because of the empathy and passions shown by the palliative care physicians who cared for her grandmother.

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Shawn C. Jones, MD
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Shawn C. Jones, MD: From burnout to finding meaning in work again

Otolaryngologist and AMA member Shawn C. Jones, MD, has worked to limit the public health toll of tobacco and improve physician well-being.

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