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Tupelo doctor elected AMA president as group demands drug study

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, July 9th, 2004

A Tupelo physician was elected president of the American Medical Association (AMA) during a meeting in which the group called on the federal government to establish a public registry for all drug study results.

The AMA elected J. Edward Hill, MD, who has practiced medicine in the Mississippi Delta for 26 years, to a one-year term beginning in June of 2005.

"It is my privilege to serve the AMA as we advocate for our patients, "Hill said. "We know that the health care system is in dire need of improvement and we must work together to make changes that will shape the future of medicine."

Topping the list of changes that AMA members...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2004-07-09)

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