As a committee member you influence the MMA’s direction, acquire new leadership skills, and network with physicians who care about the same issues you do. It is easy and only takes about eight hours a year (four evening meetings annually). Currently, all meetings are taking place virtually.
Committee members serve on a calendar-year basis. Terms are for three years, with a maximum of two terms.
To learn more about the appointment process, please email us.
Responsibility: To be an advisory body to the MMA Board of Trustees on the most critical issues to medical practice and population health in Minnesota.To be an advisory body to the MMA Board of Trustees on the most critical issues to medical practice and population health in Minnesota.
How to Apply: Send an email indicating your interest to Adrian Uphoff, Health Policy Analyst.
Chairperson: Robert Koshnick, MD
Staff Liaison: Adrian Uphoff, MPH, MPP
Mission: To understand and influence issues that impact access to, and delivery of, high-quality care, including consideration of how healthcare financing, payment, and delivery models contribute to inequities in treatment and outcomes.
(formerly: Medical Practice & Quality)
Charge:
Chairperson: Kevin Donnelly, MD
Staff Liaison: Adrian Uphoff, MPH, MPP
Mission: To safeguard the highest ethical and moral standards in the delivery of healthcare in Minnesota and to champion professionalism in medicine.
Charge:
Chairperson: Dennis O’Hare, MD
Staff Liaison: Stephanie Lindgren, JD
Mission: To optimize the health and wellness of Minnesotans and to address health equity issues and the social determinants of health.
Charge:
Chairperson: Shari Bornstein, MD, MPH
Staff Liaison: Juliana Milhofer, JD
Mission: To champion, oversee and deliver high-quality accredited education for Minnesota physicians.
Charge:
Chairperson: Robert C. Moravec, MD
Staff Liaison: Rachael Bommarito, PhD
Minnesota Medicine is the journal of the MMA, continuously published since 1918. It is intended to serve as a credible forum for presenting information and ideas affecting Minnesota physicians and their practices. The content of articles and the opinions expressed in Minnesota Medicine do not represent the official policy of the MMA unless this is specified.
Staff Liaison: Greg Breining, Editor
About: Provides overall management and direction of POLST Minnesota, including POLST form maintenance, implementation, education, and outreach. The committee generally meets on a quarterly basis. The POLST Minnesota Coalition is open to interested stakeholders.
The MMA Board of Trustees manages the ongoing affairs of the MMA. With the exception of one voting member appointed by the MMA Policy Council, all officers and trustees are elected by MMA membership.
Mission: To safeguard the fiscal health and stability of the MMA.
Charge:
Chairperson: Kimberly Tjaden, MD, Secretary-Treasurer
Staff Liaison: Jon Stensland
Mission: To improve MMA governance effectiveness, to identify board education and development opportunities, and to conduct leadership and board assessments.
Charge:
Chairperson: Currently vacant
Staff Liaison: Janet Silversmith, CEO
Charge:
Chairperson: Randy Rice, MD
Staff Liaison: Janet Silversmith, CEO
These are time-limited groups formed to address specific issues.
Charge: To advise the MMA on strategies and approaches to help physicians and physicians in training foster wellbeing, avoid burnout, and an improved quality of life.
Chairperson: Natalia Dorf-Biderman, MD
Staff Liaison: Kristen Gloege
Charge: The Task Force is charged with developing solutions for improving boarding of mental health patients in emergency departments. The purpose of this effort will be to look at the mental health system’s capacity for crisis and urgent care, as well as prevention efforts. While this work will focus on reducing the boarding of mental health patients in the ED, it will also look at upstream and downstream causes of boarding. Solutions identified through this work will serve as the basis for future policy and/or advocacy initiatives.
Co-Chairs: Dionne Hart, MD, FAPA and Andrew Zinkel, MD
Staff Liaison: Adrian Uphoff, MPH, MPP