American Medical Association
Organization
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| 2023 | Members of the Endocrine Society submitted a resolution advocating against legislation criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare, which prompted the AMA to strengthen its position on protecting gender-affirming care. |
| 2023 | The podcast controversy was highlighted as a case study in Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott's book 'The Canceling of the American Mind' about social media, polarization, and radicalization. |
| December 31 2023 | End of two-year period of political donations, with 59.7% ($654,400) going to Democratic members and 40.3% ($441,500) going to Republican members. |
| December 31 2023 | Conclusion of two-year donation period, with Democrats receiving $654,400 (59.7%) and Republicans receiving $441,500 (40.3%) of total political contributions. |
| 2022 | As a consequence of previous restrictions on medical training, a quarter of physicians in the United States were trained abroad. |
| 2022 | The AMA reported a membership of 271,660 physicians and medical students. |
| January 1 2022 | Beginning of a two-year period where the AMA's political action committee donated $1,095,900 to 244 voting members of the 118th Congress, with 87% of funds going to House members. |
| 2021 | Following the podcast controversy, JAMA tweeted a provocative caption 'No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care', which further escalated the public response. |
| 2021 | Following the podcast controversy, a Deputy Editor and JAMA editor-in-chief Howard Bauchner resigned from their positions. |
| 2021 | The American Medical Association published a paper with recommendations to improve health equity and address structural racism, including a guide on language and narrative concepts. |
| March 2021 | In the first quarter, the AMA reported $6.36 million in lobbying expenses. |
| February 2021 | During a JAMA podcast, a Deputy Editor made controversial comments about structural racism, suggesting that removing racism from the conversation would help address disadvantaged circumstances. |
| 2020 | AMA's political contributions returned to a near-balanced state, with 54.14% going to Democratic candidates and 45.86% to Republican candidates. |
| 2020 | AMA's political contributions show a return to near-balanced support, with 54.14% going to Democrats and 45.86% to Republicans. |
| October 2020 | The AMA used Twitter and Facebook to publicly oppose 'scope of practice creep', but quickly removed the posts and commented on their commitment to physician-guided healthcare. |
| June 2019 | Patrice A. Harris became the AMA's 174th president, making history as the organization's first African-American woman to hold this position. |
| 2015 | The AMA declared there is no medically valid reason to exclude transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military, a decision praised by the Human Rights Campaign. |
| 2013 | The AMA officially recognized obesity as a disease, aiming to change the medical community's approach to the issue. |
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