Legislative Session Starts; MMA to Focus on 5 Major Issues
February 19, 2026
State lawmakers returned to St. Paul on February 17 for the second half of the 2025-2026 biennium.
AMA Leader to Speak at ZVMS Annual Meeting January 25
January 20, 2022
AMA leader Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, will serve as the keynote speaker at the Zumbro Valley Medical Society’s (ZVMS) 2022 Annual Meeting on January 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. via Zoom.
Ehrenfeld, an AMA trustee, will discuss “AMA’s Support for Emerging Technologies, Digital Health and AI.” Ehrenfeld is a senior associate dean, tenured professor of anesthesiology and director of “Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment” at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He’s been on the AMA board since 2014.
Register here by January 24. Contact Beth Kangas, ZVMS executive director, with questions.
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