Transformative Leadership: Emergency Physicians Lead AOA and AMA
This was a historic summer in Chicago for emergency medicine. On July 18, 2015, John W. Becher, DO, became the 119th president of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), while a month earlier, on June 9, 2015, Steven J. Stack, MD, became the 170th president of the American Medical Associati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/398582sc |
| Summary: | This was a historic summer in Chicago for emergency
medicine. On July 18, 2015, John W. Becher, DO, became
the 119th president of the American Osteopathic Association
(AOA), while a month earlier, on June 9, 2015, Steven J.
Stack, MD, became the 170th president of the American
Medical Association (AMA). This is the first time that
emergency physicians have led the two largest professional
physician organizations in the United States, and the first
time that an emergency physician has led the AMA. |
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| ISSN: | 1936-900X 1936-9018 |