July 25, 2024
MMA Board of Trustee member Dionne Hart, MD, has been named as a trustee to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Board of Trustees. She is the first Mayo Clinic trained female physician and person of color elected to the board.
Hart, a graduate of the Mayo Clinic Psychiatry Residency Program, is also the first Black woman elected to the MMA’s board and to serve as president of the Zumbro Valley Medical Society.
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Hart was recently appointed by the Minnesota Legislature to the Priority Admission Review Panel, which will evaluate the 48-hour timeline required under Minnesota statute, propose legislative amendments, and review the effectiveness of the new proposed framework created in the amendment to the priority admission law in 2024.
As an APA trustee, Hart’s priorities will include expanding access to mental healthcare for underserved patient populations including rural, minoritized, and justice-involved communities throughout the nation.
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.