Fatima Cody Stanford
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11 MIN READ

Ending the obesity shame game

Obesity medicine specialist Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, is campaigning to change the health system and a culture where too often body appearance comes first, and people come last.

Public Health
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5 MIN READ

What's the right panel size for your physician private practice?

Don’t fixate on a number. Learn from AMA practice-transformation experts how to match physician practice resources to what your patients need.

Private Practices
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5 MIN READ

Doctor uses reach of social media to ease COVID-19 pandemic fears

Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, is working with colleagues to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. He also finds time to identify and counter misinformation on social media.

Public Health
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8 MIN READ

Righting human wrongs

One doctor, fueled by data and determination, is providing the know-how that doctors and medical students need to help victims of sex trafficking.

Public Health
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13 MIN READ

Knocking down barriers to health equity

American medicine is beset by disparities. Operationalizing health equity is the task embraced by the leader of the AMA’s new Center for Health Equity.

Health Equity
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12 MIN READ

The speaker steps up

From awestruck medical student observer of the AMA House Delegates to service as its speaker, Bruce A. Scott, MD, has tirelessly worked for patients and physicians for more than three decades.

Leadership
Photo of Cathrine Frank, MD sitting at a desk
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10 MIN READ

The pioneers of zero suicide take on a new frontier

After dramatically reducing suicide among patients with depression, Henry Ford Medical Group is target-ing the stalemate that stifles evidence-based action on gun violence

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Public Health
Health System Spotlight
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12 MIN READ

Restoring trust in vaccines

For a physician scientist and father of an adult daughter with autism, there is no backing down when he sets his sights on putting vaccine misinformation in the past.

Public Health
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11 MIN READ

Revealing the ripples of burnout

After years of leading efforts to understand the magnitude of the burnout epidemic, two researchers look to the next challenge: quantifying the impact of solutions.

Physician Health