Doctors for America

MAY 15, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 15, 2025 SAMHSA Cuts Will Kill – Doctors for America Calls for Reinstating Funding for Mental Health and Addiction Resources WASHINGTON, D.C. Our patients’ lives depend on it.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. Endocrine Society Robert W.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. Anish 01:02 Well, I speak, you know, from a physician lens of some of the patients that I get referred, and by the time there’s. This is not a good option.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 30, 2025 Doctors for America Calls for Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccine Regulation WASHINGTON, D.C. These vaccine policy decisions impact the health of our patients and, as such, we expect the best practices to be followed.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 31, 2024

I am proud to have served the organization as its 54th National President (and I was the first osteopathic medical student to ever serve the organization as national president), so it was a joy being back in the conference setting and seeing thriving premedical and medical students.

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Doctors for America

JUNE 10, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 June 10, 2025 Doctors for America Condemns RFK Jr.’s DFA is an organization of over 27,000 physician and medical student advocates in all 50 states, representing all areas of specialization.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We were never going to have all the geriatricians that folks had forecast, whether it was 25,000 in 2025 or 30,000 in 2030, we were never going to get there. We can train medical students and residents about geriatrics without geriatricians. And he asked me questions like, “Why is this patient in bed?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. In one room the physician under study interacts with a white patient-actor, and in another room interacts with a Black patient-actor.

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Doctors for America

MAY 5, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 5, 2025 Doctors, Local Governments File Brief to Defend Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rights Brief Argues that Upending HIPAA Privacy Rights Would Contradict Decades of Established Precedent WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 30, 2025 Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion By Intervening in a Federal Challenge to EMTALA, Doctors for America Seeks to Protect Health and Lifesaving Care WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Doctors for America

MAY 15, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 15, 2025 Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Dismayed by Kennedy Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. DFA is an organization of over 27,000 physician and medical student advocates in all 50 states, representing all areas of specialization.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Topics on the AAFP agenda included: Improving Access to Primary Care for High Deductible Health Plans Enrollees - high deductible plans discourage patients from accessing primary to deal with problems such as diabetes and hypertension and delay care, leading to worsening health outcomes.

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Doctors for America

JUNE 20, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 June 20, 2025 FDA Commissioner’s National Priority Vouchers Will Endanger Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. How can patients and clinicians trust that drugs approved with one to two months of review are truly safe and effective?”

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Doctors for America

APRIL 22, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 April 22, 2025 Doctors for America Calls for Evidence-Based Solutions After FSU Shooting WASHINGTON, D.C. Our patients deserve better, and our communities deserve to feel safe.

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Doctors for America

JUNE 23, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 June 23, 2025 Doctors for America Condemns Inhumane Immigration Enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. Detaining individuals in overcrowded, unsanitary facilities without timely access to medical care directly endangers their lives.

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Doctors for America

MAY 13, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 13, 2025 Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Statement on Decision to Withdraw FDA Ban on Menthol Cigarettes WASHINGTON, D.C. DFA teaches physicians and medical students advocacy skills and does advocacy at a state and federal level.

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Doctors for America

MAY 21, 2025

These attempts by the State of Texas to interfere in HIPAA privacy protections compromise the very core of medical ethics – open communication and trust between a patient and their doctor,” said Christine Petrin, MD, MPH, Board President of Doctors for America. Two major U.S. Two major U.S.

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Doctors for America

APRIL 29, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 April 29, 2025 FDA Task Force Statement on President Trump’s First 100 Days in Office WASHINGTON, D.C. The president and his cabinet’s decisions directly impact how we practice and care for our patients.

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