AMA Delegates
AMA delegates and alternate delegates represent the positions of the MMA and help develop AMA policies on national health care issues. Elected by the MMA membership, they attend the AMA Annual Meeting and Interim Meeting. No officer or trustee, except the president-elect, president or immediate past president, may serve as an AMA delegate or alternate delegate.
Delegates
CHAIR
Cindy Firkins Smith,MD
Dermatology, Willmar
John Abenstein, MD, MSEE
Anesthesiology, Rochester
Dennis O'Hare, MD
Geriatrics & Family Medicine, St. Paul
David Thorson, MD
Family Medicine, White Bear Lake
Andrea Hillerud, MD
Family Medicine, St. Paul
Alternate Delegates
Lisa Mattson, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Plymouth, MN
George Morris, MD
Family Medicine, Saint Cloud
Will Nicholson, MD, MMA President
Hospitalist, Maplewood
Ashok Patel, MD
Pulmonology, Rochester
Laurel Ries, MD
Family Medicine, St. Paul
Regional Medical Student Delegate to AMA House
Adrina Kocharian
MD/PhD Student at the University of Minnesota Medical School