Orthopaedists assume key leadership roles in AMA

By Robert C. Fine, JD, CAE, and Mary Ann Porucznik It may be only a coincidence, but the election of three AAOS fellows provides a unique opportunity for the “voice” of orthopaedics. When the American Medical Association (AMA) held the 2007 Annual Meeting of its House of Delegates this past June, approximately 1,500 physicians—from family practitioners to medical specialists—assembled in Chicago to take part in the organization’s main policy-making activities.