Transgender person standing in a room
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3 MIN READ

What sets back care for transgender patients in the exam room

Kameryn J. Lee, MD, MSPH, is an ob-gyn and a transgender woman. “It’s a terrible feeling” to sense discomfort from one’s doctor, she says. Learn more.

Population Care
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8 MIN READ

Q&A: How to build a nationally recognized LGBTQ+ clinic

Katherine Imborek, MD, explains how a one-night-a-week service at the University of Iowa grew into a clinic treating some 14,000 LGBTQ+ patients.

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Population Care
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

How health systems will learn together to advance health equity

The AMA, Joint Commission, Brigham and Women’s, and eight leading health systems will collaborate to embed equity into care-improvement efforts.

Health Equity
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2 MIN READ

AMA welcomes Biden administration focus on LGBTQ+ health

The AMA strongly supports reducing the risk of youth exposure to so-called conversion therapy, an unethical practice not based on medical and scientific evidence.

Press Releases
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40 MIN READ

Highlights from the 2022 AMA Annual Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran June 10-15.

Annual Meeting
2022 Annual Meeting of AMA House of Delegates session
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10 MIN READ

ICYMI: 10 stories to read from the 2022 AMA Annual Meeting

The House of Delegates moved to protect patients and doctors from the criminalization of care, gun violence and the public health “infodemic.”

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Annual Meeting
Fighting for Physicians
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15 MIN READ

AMA's new president on the year ahead with Jack Resneck, Jr., MD

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with AMA's new president on the year ahead.

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Leadership
Moving Medicine Video Update
Haidn E. Foster
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7 MIN READ

Q&A: Why this medical student leader is an AMA member for life

Haidn Foster, MD, is the outgoing chair of the AMA Medical Student Section. He details how the AMA empowers students to move medicine forward.

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Medical Students
Succeeding in Medical School
Jack Resneck Jr., MD, at the 2022 Annual Meeting
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5 MIN READ

New AMA president: Physicians must be guided by hope, not fear

In Association’s first in-person inaugural since pandemic, dermatologist Jack Resneck Jr., MD, said the AMA will be there for patients and doctors.

Leadership