Moving Medicine

Two experts from the CDC’s Division of High-Consequence Pathogens & Pathology in Atlanta, Caroline Schrodt, MD, and Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, talk with American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger about what physicians need to know about monkeypox, including the latest numbers, how it's spread, vulnerable populations, common symptoms, and available treatments and testing.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA i...

Hear about a new learning collaborative for private practice physicians and how to get involved from Michael Tutty, PhD, MHA, group vice president, Professional Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability at the American Medical Association, in conversation with AMA CXO Todd Unger. The first session, E/M Documentation Burden Reduction, is currently underway. Forthcoming webinar topics include team do...

Heart attack survivor, Cindy Huang, is joined by AMA Chief Academic Officer Sanjay Desai, MD, one of her first responders, along with Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD, from the American Heart Association. Ms. Huang shares details of her CPR rescue, which has inspired efforts to promote the importance of bystander CPR training. Hosted by American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA...

AMA CXO Todd Unger chats with Becca Levy, PhD, a professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health and a professor of psychology at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., about how our beliefs about age influence health. Dr. Levy is the author of a best-selling book: "Breaking the Age Code: How Your Age Beliefs Determine How Long and Well You Live"     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful...

Additional BHI resources • Behavioral health integration "Overcoming Obstacles" webinar series: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/behavioral-health-integration-bhi-overcoming-obstacles-webinar-series • Behavioral health integration in private practice (adult populations): https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/bhi-private-practice-adult-populations.pdf • Behavioral health integ...

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and chair of the moderate New Democrat Coalition, about the “Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act,” an important piece of bipartisan legislation that would help ease prior authorization challenges physicians face in caring for their senior patients. Rep. DelBene is one of several biparti...

Watch the full AMA STEPS Forward™ series: “Reconsidering priorities and practical strategies for addressing clinician well-being in Omicron’s wake", here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/strategies-clinician-well-being-wake-omicron-variant     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on...

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses caring for LGBTQ seniors and addressing disparities during end-of-life care with Carey Candrian, PhD, an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together...

AMA CXO Todd Unger is joined by the AMA’s newly inaugurated president, Jack Resneck Jr., MD, a practicing dermatologist and health care policy expert in San Francisco. Dr. Resneck share his thoughts about the priorities and challenges for his upcoming term as president.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matt...

Register for the June 21st webinar here: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3795705/8D054BBCA64AB36A39D76EF7234D4087     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew  🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs t...

AMA CXO Todd Unger is joined by the AMA’s outgoing president, Gerald E. Harmon, MD, a family medicine specialist in Pawleys Island, S.C. Dr. Harmon shares his reflections and learnings from a presidency that continued to be shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — pat...

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the AMA Medical Student Section’s 50th anniversary and how medical students can get involved and help shape the future of medicine with Haidn Foster, MD, chair of the AMA Medical Student Section, and now a resident physician at Penn State Health in Hershey, Pa. For more information on the AMA Medical Student Section, visit: ama-assn.org/mss-50       ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The A...

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Megan Ranney MD, MPH, a practicing emergency physician, researcher and national advocate for innovative approaches to public health at Brown University, about gun violence and why we need to approach it as a public health issue with physicians playing an important role.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you,...

On this episode, Emily Volk, MD, FCAP, president of the College of American Pathologists, talks about the ins and outs of COVID-19 testing; knowing when to test, what test to take, and other pressing questions patients may have.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this cha...

AMA CXO Todd Unger and Kameryn Lee, MD, discuss how to approach—and provide—equitable health care for gender-diverse patients and the transgender community. Dr. Lee is a fellowship-trained minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon and founder of a new consultancy called Radically Inclusive Consulting Collective. She is also a member of the inaugural cohort of the Medical Justice in Advocacy 2021-2022...

Call (800) 273-8255 if you or anyone you know needs help. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a hotline for people in crisis or for those looking to help someone else. AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Ill., who shares his personal story and discusses the importance of removing th...

This episode was originally published on A.D.Q&A, a podcast by Crain’s Chicago Business. In it, AD Quig, a reporter with Crain’s, sits down with AMA CEO, doctor James Madara to talk about the projected physician shortage, our response to the U.S. Supreme Court leaked opinion on Roe v. Wade, and how the AMA is celebrating its 175th anniversary and its tremendous contributions to medicine.     ⭐⭐...

View and download the AMA’s BHI Return on Health Report here: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/accelerating-behavioral-health-integration-through-telehealth In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Parinda Khatri, PhD, chief clinical officer of Cherokee Health Systems, in Knoxville, Tenn., about how physicians can use technology to help i...

For more #ReleaseThePressure resources, visit: releasethepressure.org AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses ways to reduce hypertension and improve health outcomes in Black communities with Rachel Villanueva, MD, president of the National Medical Association (NMA), and a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics/gynecology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York. Also covering, #WorldHypertensi...

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the American Medical Association's 175th anniversary and its recovery plan for America’s physicians with AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew  🥼 Go to...

For more information on the AMA Research Challenge, visit: http://ama-assn.org/researchchallenge     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew  🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more a...

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Luis Garcia, MD, president of Sanford Health’s Clinic Division and Heather Spies, MD, physician director of clinician experience and well-being, about Sanford Rises, a unique program aimed at developing future leaders from within its organization—and how initiatives like this are directly tied to physician well-being.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, f...

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Kimberly Horvath, JD, a senior attorney with the AMA’s Advocacy Resource Center, about scope of practice legislation at the state level. Physician-led health care teams are important to patients. They want doctors involved from diagnoses to treatment—and the AMA advocates on behalf of physicians to address these important issues with lawmakers across the country.    ...

Pediatric rheumatologist Maureen Leffler, DO, MPH, took on the position of chief wellness officer (CWO) at Nemours Children’s Health System in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, she talks about the challenges she encountered as well as transforming the health system from the inside out.     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to...

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses how and why we need to address a projected physician shortage now with AMA Chief Academic Officer Sanjay Desai, MD. For more information visit: SaveGME.org     ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.c...