A grave new reality Across the nation, reproductive rights are under attack. It is an eerie half-century flashback to a time before the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade protected the legal right to an abortion. According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, in the four months thus far of 2022, 13 states have […] Read more
April 2022 MICRA repeal will be on the November ballot, promoted by a wealthy out-of-state trial attorney as the “Fairness for Injured Patients Act”, “FIPA” (or “Fairness to Hard-Working Trial Attorneys Act”?). MICRA (Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act) was enacted in California in 1975 to lower medical malpractice liability insurance premiums by decreasing their potential […] Read more
MARCH 13, 2022 at the AMAM The meeting was called to order by President, Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MD. Twenty-three members and guests were in attendance; all names are on record. Roxanne Kuns, Executive Director, was also present. Dr. Huang called the meeting to order. He welcomed everyone and opened the floor for all in attendance […] Read more
Carmen-Rose MadieboRoss University School of MedicineMS4 The 2022 All-Member Advocacy Meeting (AMAM) was definitely one for the books. As a first-time attendee, and an MS4 planning to match in 2023 to a family medicine residency program in California, I found the event empowering. Furthermore, seeing so many Californian family physicians share their passion for creating […] Read more
Carmen-Rose MadieboRoss University School of MedicineMS4 The 2022 Clinical Forum was deeply insightful. As a first-time attendee, I was thrilled to partake in this experience and reconnect with my colleagues from the AMAM 2022 conference. The meeting commenced with a powerful keynote speech from Dr. Belinda Fu, who addressed the importance of presence and how […] Read more
Happy new year everyone! Thank you for reading our first newsletter of 2022. We hope you had a chance to recharge during the holidays and energize for the year to come. As we enter the third year of this unprecedented pandemic, we wish you a safe and prosperous new year. Your local chapter of the […] Read more
Onward we march… I’ve been focusing my career in Family Medicine on advocating for and providing high quality health care to people with various challenges to health including caring for people with housing insecurity, histories of incarceration, severe mental illness, and substance use disorders. As the Director of Kedren Vaccines in South Los Angeles, I […] Read more
