July 19, 2023
MMA members are encouraged to vote for incoming MMA leadership during the month of August. Members will receive a ballot via email on August 1 to vote on the slate of leadership candidates. The ballot will include background information on the candidates and their statements of interest.
President-elect and Board of Trustee members will take office October 1. AMA delegates and alternate delegates take office beginning January 1, 2024.
This year’s slate is as follows:
President-elect (members will elect 1)
Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA
Trustee (members will elect six; one must be elected to represent residents/fellows; one must be elected from the Northeast Trustee District)
Lynn Cornell, MD (incumbent), Southeast Trustee District
Saam Dilmaghani, MD, MPH (incumbent, Resident/Fellow), Southeast Trustee District
Elizabeth Elfstrand, MD (incumbent), Twin Cities Trustee District
Dania Kamp, MD, FAAFP (incumbent), Northeast Trustee District
Stephen Palmquist, MD, MBA, Northeast Trustee District
Caleb Schultz, MD, MPH, Twin Cities Trustee District
David Smith, MD (incumbent), North Central Trustee District
AMA Delegate (members will elect two)
Andrea Hillerud, MD (incumbent)
Cindy Smith, MD, MHCI (incumbent)
AMA Alternate Delegate (members will elect one)
Lisa Mattson, MD, FACOG (incumbent)
The MMA has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) to administer the 2023 election. To assure your email ballot arrives safely in your inbox on August 1, 2023, simply add the following email address as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net.
If you do not receive your email ballot link by August 2, please contact support@directvote.net.
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.