May 5, 2022
MMA President Randy Rice, MD, presented The Exceptional Primary Care Community Faculty Teaching Award to two physicians during the University of Minnesota Medical School's Dean's Tribute to Excellence in Education program, held virtually on May 4.
The Exceptional Primary Care Community Faculty Teaching Award, which honors community faculty members, went to: Roger Lindholm, MD, who has provided comprehensive primary care in the New Ulm community for 30 years and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota medical school; and Robert Lehrer, MD, a University of Minnesota Medical School graduate and primary care physician who has taught medical students for many years at MHealth Fairview Ridge Valley, Prior Lake.
The MMA and the University of Minnesota Medical School have collaborated for several years to find ways to increase Minnesota’s primary care physician workforce. Through these efforts, they found that recognition of those who take the time to teach our future physician workforce is critical and would serve not only to retain the preceptors we have – but it would encourage others to take on the role.
MMA CEO Janet Silversmith and Juliana Milhofer, public health and policy engagement manager, also attended the online event.
October 9, 2025
The MMA is partnering with Hennepin Healthcare to offer an in-person session on “Supporting Patients, Families, and Professionals in the Aftermath of Crisis” on October 21 from 6 to 8 pm in Room RL110 at the HCMC Red Building, 730 South 8th Street, in Minneapolis.
October 9, 2025
The MMA, in partnership with the Wisconsin Medical Society, will lead a panel discussion titled "The Role of Medical and Professional Societies in Supporting Clinicians and Community Health" at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2025: Bold Innovation and Partnerships symposium, to be held on October 27-28, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.
October 2, 2025
The federal government shutdown will affect the Minnesota healthcare system in several important ways.