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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