AMA Names New President, Chooses President-Elect
On Tuesday, the American Medical Association named physician Cecil Wilson as its president. Wilson, who has held several leadership positions at AMA, will replace James Rohack as head of the organization. Meanwhile, AMA's House of Delegates recently chose pediatric neurosurgeon Peter Carmel as the organization's president-elect. Carmel will serve one year in the position before becoming president in June 2011.
- "AMA Has New President; Doctors Pick his Successor" (AP/Chicago Tribune, 6/16).
- "AMA Elects Pediatric Neurosurgeon Next President" (Japsen, Chicago Breaking Business, 6/15).