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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Main Author: Chadd K. Kraus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2015-12-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/398582sc
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-d35040cfa3f34e2fa3f2e6002e23dd802022-12-21T21:58:49ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-900X1936-90182015-12-011671086108710.5811/westjem.2015.10.28816Transformative Leadership: Emergency Physicians Lead AOA and AMAChadd K. Kraus0University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia, MissouriThis 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.http://escholarship.org/uc/item/398582sc
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title Transformative Leadership: Emergency Physicians Lead AOA and AMA
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