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Aletha Maybank, MD

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, currently serves as the chief health equity officer and senior vice president for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA.

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Jennifer Lubell

Jennifer Lubell

Jennifer Lubell is a freelance writer in the Washington, D.C., area. She has written about health care practice trends and policy and clinical research for more than two decades.

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Susan R. Bailey, MD

Susan R. Bailey, MD

Susan R. Bailey, MD, a board-certified allergist/immunologist, was the 175th president of the American Medical Association for the year 2021-2022.

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Cheryl Ferrier, MD

Cheryl Ferrier, MD

Dr. Ferrier is an ob-gyn who leads Olde Towne Obstetrics & Gynecology LLC, a practice in Alexandria, Virginia, that is affiliated with Privia Medical Group, an AMA Health System Program partner.

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Portrait of Patrice Harris

Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA

Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, a board-certified psychiatrist, was the 174th president of the American Medical Association for the year 2020-2021.

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Len Strazewski

Len Strazewski is a contributing news writer for the AMA and has been writing about health care, employee benefits and insurance for more than 30 years.

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Barbara L. McAneny, MD

Barbara L. McAneny, MD

Barbara L. McAneny, MD, a board-certified medical oncologist/hematologist from Albuquerque, N.M., became the 173rd president of the American Medical Association in June 2018.

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Andis Robeznieks

Andis Robeznieks

Andis rejoined the AMA in 2017 after an earlier stint as quality and safety reporter with American Medical News. He covered the same subjects at Modern Healthcare, and also wrote about physician affairs, health care construction, information technology and public health.

Most recently, Andis was an independent reporter with stories appearing in Healthcare Financial Management Association publications, Hospitals & Health Networks, MedCity News, and other publications and websites. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University, where he majored in journalism.

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Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy joined the AMA in 2016. Prior to joining the writing team at AMA Wire, he reported on various topics, including health care. His work has appeared in The Wednesday Journal, Columbia Missourian, Vine Line and ESPN.com, among other publications. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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