September 5, 2024
The MMA and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will present a virtual forum on “Challenging Cases and Updated Guidance for Syphilis, including Congenital Syphilis” from noon to 1 pm on Tuesday, October 1.
The forum will include case-based presentations that illustrate the complexities faced during diagnosis and treatment of syphilis and congenital syphilis. Additionally, rising rates of syphilis and congenital syphilis and new MDH recommendations for syphilis screening among non-pregnant people will also be presented.
The session will be moderated by Ruth Lynfield, MD, state epidemiologist, MDH. Panelists include: James (Jamie) Conniff, MD, MPH, family physician, Min No Aya Win Clinic, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; Alice Lehman, MD, CTropMed, adult and pediatrics infectious diseases fellow, University of Minnesota, LEAP Fellow 2023-2024; Elizabeth Dufort, MD, medical epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health; and Elizabeth Lees, DO, MPH, senior associate consultant, Mayo Clinic Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Medical Consultant Olmsted County Public Health.
The forum objectives include:
Describe rising rates of syphilis and congenital syphilis nationally and in Minnesota.
Discuss challenging cases of syphilis and congenital syphilis.
Review updated syphilis screening recommendations for non-pregnant people in Minnesota.
To register for the free event, click here.
Thank you to our forum sponsor: COPIC.
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.