2007 AMA Annual Meeting
Your Georgia AMA Delegation has returned from a successful 2007 AMA Annual Meeting. It started June 22 with the Organization of State Medical Association Presidents meeting and ended June 27 at the close of the AMA House of Delegates. It was held at the Hilton Chicago in Illinois.
Meeting Highlights from the AMA
Read Highlights from AMA Reference Committees
Read AMA Reports and Resolutions
MAG Submitted Two Resolutions
Two resolutions were prepared for AMA consideration at the Annual Meeting. The first, Resolution on Pay-for-Performance, was originally submitted to the AMA in November as a late resolution that did not pass the necessary vote for consideration. The second is on AMA Prioritization of Strategic Objectives, which passed the 2006 MAG House of Delegates and was submitted to the AMA in November. It was not considered at the Interim meeting because it did not meet the AMA criteria for an advocacy item.
Resolution Regarding Taking Back the Profession of Medicine
Resolution Regarding AMA Prioritization of Strategic Objectives
MAG Member, Sandra Fryhofer, M.D., Elected to AMA Council on Science and Public Health
The House elected Atlanta internist Sandra Fryhofer, M.D., an active member of the Medical Association of Georgia, who represented the American College of Physicians as a Delegate, to the AMA Council on Science and Public Health. Dr. Fryhofer had the support of the Southeastern Delegation, of which MAG is a member, and the AMA Georgia Delegation. MAG wishes to congratulate Dr. Fryhofer for her achievement and believes that her level of expertise will be a great benefit to the AMA membership.
Georgia Delegation Re-Elects Chairman/Vice Chairman
MAG congratulates Joseph P. Bailey Jr., M.D., who was re-elected to serve as Chairman of the Georgia AMA Delegation and Spurgeon William Clark III, M.D., who was re-elected to serve as Vice Chairman.
If you have questions regarding business that went before the AMA, you may contact a member of the Georgia delegation or contact Donna Glass at 678.303.9251.
MAG's Delegation to the AMA
| Delegate | Alternate Delegate | |
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| Joseph P. Bailey Jr. Augusta Chairman |
John S. Antalis Dalton |
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| S. William Clark III Waycross Vice Chairman |
E. Dan DeLoach Savannah |
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| Bob G. Lanier Atlanta |
Michael E. Greene Macon |
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| Alva L. Mayes Jr. Macon |
William R. Hardcastle Atlanta |
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| Joy A. Maxey Atlanta |
Billie Luke Jackson Macon |
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| Thomas E. Price Roswell |
Alan L. Plummer Atlanta |
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| Roy W. Vandiver Decatur |
Sandra B. Reed Thomasville |
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Matthew Singer AMA-MSS Region 4 |
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| AMA Young Physician Section Joel E. Higgins Waycross YPS Delegate |
Other Georgians Attending
Jack M. Chapman, M.D., MAG President-Elect
Seemal Desai, M.D., AMA RFS
Sandra Fryhofer, M.D., American College of Physicians
Patrice Harris, M.D., American Psychiatric Association
C. Alvin Head, M.D., Council on Science and Public Health and American Society of Anesthesiologists
J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, M.D., American College of Physicians
John B. Neeld Jr., M.D., American Medical Political Action Committee and American Society of Anesthesiologists
Harrison L. Rogers, M.D., AMA Past President
Richard Wherry, M.D., American Academy of Family Physicians
Jay Berkelhamer, M.D., American Academy of Pediatrics
Edmund Donoghue, M.D., American Society for Clinical Pathology
Students
Mercer University School of Medicine
Matthew Singer - Delegate
Carrie Sidwell - Alternate Delegate
Diane Eugenio
Jean Fiedler
Christopher Gallati
Leslie Harris
Audra Morabito (Alternate Director, MAG Board)
Reanne Parrenas
Mandy Sampson
Heather Sumner
Brittany Thomas
Jason Tully
Morehouse School of Medicine
Richard McCormick
Pavan Kavali
LeThenia Baker
Jacqueline Montoya (Director, MAG Board)
Staff Who Attended
David A. Cook, Executive Director
Donna Glass, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Donald Palmisano, General Counsel
Kris McCall, Director, MAG Alliance