MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Allison Villegas, PA-C, is the first physician assistant (PA) on the AMDA Board, serving as a House of Delegates representative. Honored to have this distinction, she says, “I look forward to bringing a different...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Like other care settings, assisted living facilities (ALFs) have struggled mightily during the pandemic. Moving forward, there is much to learn from their challenges, their best practices and successes, and their...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Being on the AMDA board has been the opportunity of a lifetime,” says new Society Secretary Leslie Eber, MD, CMD, who is an attending physician and medical director in Colorado. “It has given me the opportunity to...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join When Michael Wasserman, MD, CMD, found out that he was the recipient of the 2022 William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service, he felt the presence not only of Dr. Dodd but of his many colleagues. He says...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join What do your certified nursing assistants (CNAs) want you to know? This was the topic of a recent AMDA On-The-Go podcast. Guests Lori Porter, CEO and co-founder of the National Association of Health Care Assistants...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “It sounds lofty, but it’s doable if we start one step at a time,” says JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MSN, MBA, FAAN, of a new AMDA effort aimed at developing action plans post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Put together innovative thinking, a team approach to care, and evidence-based recommendations, and you have the 2022 Choosing Wisely ® Champion. Monica Ott, MD, CMD, an Indiana-based medical director for Senior...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “It’s been gratifying to see the evolution of interdisciplinary practice. I’ve enjoyed working and collaborating with medical directors and other physicians,” says Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, CGP, BCPP, recipient...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rajeev Kumar, MD, FACP, CMD, AMDA’s new vice president, remembers when he first realized that the Society was his professional home and the place where he could make a real difference. “I was at my first House of...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “Never did we imagine we would have gone through the journey we did in 2020, 2021, and so far in 2022,” said Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD, AMDA’s 2022-2023 president, at the Society’s Annual Conference earlier...
