September 22, 2022
Laurel Ries, MD, a family physician in St. Paul, has been elected as the MMA’s president-elect. She will assume the role October 1. MMA members voted for officials in August.
Ries will join the other 2023 officers on the board: Will Nicholson, MD, a family physician and hospitalist in Maplewood, will serve as president (watch Nicholson's inauguration video here); Randy Rice, MD, a family physician in Moose Lake, assumes the role of immediate past president. Kim Tjaden, MD, a family physician in St. Cloud, continues as secretary-treasurer. Edwin Bogonko, MD, a hospitalist in Shakopee, continues to serve as board chair.
Other election results include:
Melissa Edgar, was elected as the medical student trustee
Dionne Hart, MD, was re-elected as an MMA trustee
Rebecca Thomas, MD, was re-elected as an MMA trustee
Tjaden was re-elected as an MMA trustee
Gaurav Mehta, MBBS, was elected as an MMA trustee
Dennis O’Hare, MD, was elected as an AMA Delegate
David Thorson, MD, was re-elected as an AMA Delegate
George Morris, MD, was elected as an AMA Alternate Delegate
Ashok Patel, MD, was re-elected as an AMA Alternate Delegate
AMA delegates and alternate delegates take office beginning January 1, 2023.
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.