May 7, 2026
Nominations are now open through June 30, 2026, for the MMA Foundation/Copic Humanitarian Award, which recognizes an MMA member who has made outstanding contributions through volunteer medical service to underserved communities in Minnesota.
Presented in partnership with Copic, the MMA’s preferred medical liability insurer, this award honors physicians whose work extends beyond clinical care to meaningfully improve access and health outcomes.
The selected physician directs a $10,000 donation from Copic to a Minnesota-based, health care–related 501(c)(3) organization of their choice. For more information or to submit a nomination, click here.
For questions about eligibility or the nomination process, please contact the MMA Foundation.
June 18, 2026
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians event, featuring Regina Martinez-Lorenzo, MD, the first female cross-country skier to represent Mexico in the Olympics.
June 18, 2026
This year’s Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD), held June 5-10 in Chicago, seemed to carry a defining theme: practicing medicine and advocating at a time of increasing misinformation, distrust in science, and suspicion of policy and research organizations.
June 18, 2026
Former MMA Board Member Dionne Hart, MD, DFAPA, FAPA, CCHP-MH, received the AMA Foundation’s Dr. Debasish Mridha Spirit of Medicine Award on June 6, during the AMA’s annual meeting in Chicago.