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George D. Lundberg, MD

JAMA. 1990;264(9):1153-1154.

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Remarkable changes are occurring as the American Medical Association (AMA) continues to rid itself of its image of a stodgy, ultraconservative defender of the status quo. The recent election of officers and trustees has provided a more balanced representation of actual members (and American physicians) than ever before.

Once largely the domain of white, private practice male physicians (and especially surgeons), the current 19 officers and trustees include 7 family/general practitioners, 5 internists, 2 pathologists, 1 diagnostic radiologist, 4 women, 1 black man, 1 resident, 1 medical student, 1 international medical graduate (IMG) from Italy, and 2 medical administrators. Surgeons are not left out——there are three—and the new Executive Vice President, James S. Todd, MD, is a surgeon. Officers and trustees are from all regions of the United States. The new President, C. John Tupper, MD, is a former highly successful dean of a medical school.¹

These changes at . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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