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AMA Senior Physician Section
SPS Programming
The Section provides leadership in addressing the issues germane to the seniors. By presenting these ideas in the form of resolutions to the HOD, it has helped to ignite a change in the policies for the senior constituency in the AMA.
The following resolutions were presented by the Senior Physicians Section to the HOD at the 2022 Interim Meeting in Hawaii and were approved by the HOD.
- Res. 809: Uniformity & Enforcement of Medicare Advantage Plans and Regulations– adopted as amended
- Res. 810: Medicare Drug Pricing and Pharmacy Costs–reaffirmation of current AMA policy
- Res. 811: Covering Vaccinations for Seniors through Medicare Part B–adopted as amended
- Res. 908: Older Adults and the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline–adopted as amended
- Res. 909: Decreasing Gun Violence and Suicide in Seniors–adopted as amended
The Section also provides education programs to physicians on a variety of topics. The SPS chooses to present CME programs, as most senior physicians who attend the meeting are still in active practice or wish to maintain their licensure. A sampling of these titles is listed below.
- 2017: Keeping Your Brain Fit
- 2018: How to Successfully Transition Out of Medicine and Into Retirement
- 2019: Down a road and back again: Making a late‐life transition into a meaningful retirement
- 2020: Understanding Ageism and Strategies to Reduce its Negative Impact
- 2021: The future of aging and its impact on health care: If we live heathier, can we live longer?
- 2022: Surgery in Older Adults, A Risky Undertaking: Learn More About Optimizing Perioperative Brain Health
Why a senior group at the Michigan State Medical Society
Physician leadership will continue to play an important role in addressing the changes in an aging society. These issues are important for physicians in all states, including my state of Michigan. The current members of the AMA Governing Council of the AMA‐SPS feel strongly that every state Medical Society should have a senior physician group and be able to advocate on behalf of senior physicians, senior patients, and their needs.
Ved V. Gossain, MD
Chair, AMA Senior Physicians Section
Michigan State University
Swartz Professor of Medicine
Chief Division of Endocrinology (Emeritus active)
Okemos, Michigan