July 14, 2022
The MMA will host a physician forum on Wednesday, July 20, at noon on the advances in colorectal and prostate cancer screening. It is being held in partnership with the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Colorectal and prostate cancers remain a significant cause of patient morbidity and mortality. This forum will provide an update on screening and surveillance of these common cancers. The session will include a question-and-answer panel discussion.
Upon completion of this program the attendee will be able to:
Describe the optimal approach to colorectal cancer screening.
Describe the optimal approach to prostate cancer screening.
Apply current best practices in colorectal and prostate cancer screening to patient care.
Panelists will include:
Shanaz Sultan, MD, MHSC, AGAF, professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; program director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program; and core investigator for the Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Philip Dahm, MD, MHSC, professor of urology at the University of Minnesota; urology residency program director and vice-chair of education, director of specialty care/surgery research, Minneapolis VAMC; coordinating editor, Cochrane Urology; and executive committee member, US GRADE Network.
The moderator for the forum will be Mark Rosenberg, MD, Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs for the University of Minnesota Medical School
To register, click here.
May 29, 2025
As the Legislature works to complete its work on the state’s two-year budget, another deadline is looming. Legislators are required to pass a balanced budget before the end of the fiscal year—June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet that deadline, the state will begin a partial shutdown.
May 29, 2025
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Reflection and Engagement event, featuring best-selling author Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD.
May 29, 2025
The AMA is encouraging physicians to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to revise the reconciliation bill passed recently by the U.S. House of Representatives. While the bill includes language that would stabilize Medicare physician payments, it also threatens to cripple Medicaid and CHIP.