American Medical Association Alliance's 90th Celebration 6-18-12 Part 2

American MedicalAssociation

Alliance

Part 2June 18, 2012

Swissôtel Chicago, Illinois

AMAA State Alliances

AlabamaAlliance to the Medical Association of the State of

AlabamaDedicated to improving the health of the people of Alabama

and supporting the family of medicine

AMASA Fall Leadership Meeting Attendees

Health Project Grants

Medical Student Scholarships

AMAA HAP Award 2010

Madison County Medical Alliance

Facebook Page

2012-13 BoardChristmas Coffee

Fashion Show

AMAA PresidentNita Maddox 2006-07

Installed President-elect by

formerAMAA President Gay

Bowman

Focus on Change for 2006-07Nita Maddox, President

Nita on Her ScooterAt AMAA

Annual Session

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Alabama

Arizona

Annual MeetingFebruary 5, 2012

Scottsdale, Arizona

Leadership Development Conference 10-1-11

Leadership Development Conference 10-1-11

Health Promotions

Each year the ArMAA contributes $1,000 to the winner of the video “Make a Prom Plan Not to Tan,” a two

minute video showing how to be sun-safe for the prom.

www.epa.gov/sunwise

California

80th Celebration 2010California Medical Association Alliance Past Presidents

(Feather Dusters)

Smoke Free California: San Luis Obispo, CA becomes

the first city in the WORLD to adopt a smoke-free bars and

restaurant policy 1990.

Dr. Steve & Ann Hansen

Smoke Free California

San Luis Obispo, CA

Strategic Planning

From the PastCMAA’s 20th Annual Session 1950, Coronado,

CA

AMAA Presidents from California

Mrs. James Percy

Los Angeles

1932-33 1952-53 1981-82 1999-00

Mrs. Ralph EusdenLos Angeles

Isobel DvorskyAlameda

Ann HansenSan Luis Obispo

MICRA Medical Injury Compensation

Reform Act of 1975

During the MICRA fight in the 1970’s, physician spouses in California staged an all-night vigil in Governor Jerry Brown’s office and helped get the bill passed.

AMAA President Ann Hansen1999-2000

Ann’s Board 1999-2000

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Colorado

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Colorado

FloridaThe FMA Alliance understands your needs better than any other organization. For over 80 years we have support Florida patients, physicians, and their families. We are physician spouses who advance health-related endeavors and engage in legislative advocacy.

Proven Advocacy and InfluenceCommunity enrichmentDynamic Networking and LeadershipEssential News and InformationExperience

North Eastern District Meeting

Health PromotionsInformation Cards

The Junior Alliance of Medicine in St. Johns County, meets each month for a health service activity.

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Georgia

Medical Association of Georgia Alliance

The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) Alliance is a volunteer network of physician spouses dedicated to improving the health of all Georgians, especially children. Through our county medical alliances, we sponsor health education programs, and publish and distribute informational materials on issues such as domestic violence, AIDS, fire and bicycle safety, and immunization. We conduct health forums for teens and the elderly. Currently, we are sponsoring a health education curriculum in 42 Georgia schools reaching approximately 19,050 students.

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Georgia

Illinois•Who We Are

Purposes• To assist the Illinois State Medical Society in its program to improve the quality of life through health education and services in the state of Illinois.• To advise and to coordinate the activities of component Alliances/Auxiliaries.• To encourage the participation of volunteers in activities that meet health needs.• To cultivate friendly relationships and promote mutual understanding among physicians’ families.

Mission•The mission of the Illinois State Medical Society Alliance (ISMSA) is to enhance the lives and health of the people of the state of Illinois through cooperative programming with the Illinois State Medical Society and Illinois county medical society Alliances and Auxiliaries and to provide opportunities for member growth and development.

Annual Meeting 2012

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aspx

IndianaMissionThe Indiana State Medical Association Alliance aims to serve the needs of medical families; serve the membership through a strong federation; work in partnership with the medical profession and other organizations; and support and promote quality health care for the citizens of Indiana.

Preventing Obesityby

Educating Patients

Health Promotions

AMAA HAP Award Winner 2010

The project raises the awareness about the United States Military and its family suffering from the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result of many and multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Project: Treat the Troops: Mental Health Matters

Our Members

From the Past

From the Past

From the Past

House of Delegates in Evansville

House of Delegates 4-

26-62

Day at the Capitol 2-17-

89

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mag-alliance

Indiana

Iowa

Iowa State Fair “Voice for the Uninsured”Kathy Lariviere, Mary Shuman Barb Hanas and Barb Savage

The Iowa Medical Society Alliance is an organization consisting of a diverse group of physicians' spouses. We are united by a common interest in promoting accessible, quality healthcare through service, education and advocacy for the residents of Iowa.

Iowa to AMAA Meetings

From the Past

Membership Recruitment Postcard

“We’ve Waited Our Whole Lives to Meet You!”

Barb Savage, Tess Young, Kathy Lariviere

From the Past

Leg Day at the Capitol 1977

Elaine Olsen AMAA Convention

1977

Attention was focused on commonly shared problems such as attracting working spouses who feel they don’t have time for volunteer work; recruiting younger members; retaining older members who no longer feel useful; and collecting dues.

Kathy Lariviere

Tess Young, Barb Savage

Kansas

Our members are men and women who care about improving the health and safety of their communities in the state of Kansas. Our purpose is to work toward improving the health and quality of life for all people; promote health education; encourage participation of volunteers in activities that meet health needs; and to support health-related charitable endeavors.

Supporting Out Troops

The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have necessitated the activation of more than 755,000 National Guard and reserve troops since Sept. 11, 2011. Kansas has a long tradition of military service by service members and the families who support them.

Health Promotions

Walk for Autism Awareness

Breast Cancer Awareness License Plate

Stream Clean

Our Members

Our Members

From the Past

Caps on mal-practice awards set by the Legislature have been ruled unconstitutional by the Kansas Supreme Court. Medical Society and Auxiliary work to have a constitutional amendment on the 1990 ballot to set limits on award for non-economic damages.  Lobbying pays off! The afternoon the Senate Judiciary Committee was going to vote, the Kansas Supreme Court released an opinion upholding a previous CAP. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

1989Ninety Auxilians

Gather for Legislative Day

in Kansas

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KentuckyWho We AreThe alliance consists of physicians spouses. These spouses are also nurses, teachers, business leaders, realtors, Ph.D.s, lawyers, and doctors. We are a diverse group whose link is to be married into the family of medicine. What We DoThe alliance exists to help physicians address the various current public health issues and to assure quality health care for our children and grandchildren. The alliance is concerned about the government bureaucracy and the big business influence in the health care field with their denial of care and lack of concern for quality of care.

Annual Meeting 2011

Easter Egg Roll. KMAA table is covered with children’s activity booklets. Nancy Lee Bunnell, Hope Proctor and Nancy Swikert, MD are ready for the crowd.

Local Schools receive AMAA coloring booklets.

Health Promotions

AMAA PresidentSandi Frost 2008-09

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Louisiana • We are a parish, state, and national non-profit volunteer organization of physicians’ spouses, medical student spouses, and physicians working in alliance with the Louisiana State Medical Society. • We are physicians’ spouses and physicians working together for better health care for the citizens of our communities. • We address community health issues such as violence prevention and solutions, child safety, and health needs of the low-income families. • We support health education in a variety of ways through health fairs; by the distribution of information on health concerns, such as women’s and children’s health, breast cancer awareness, osteoporosis, obesity; and by providing scholarships to health career students. • We are affiliated with the American Medical Association Alliance and receive the benefits of publications, programs, and leadership training for our members.

LSMA and LSMSA

AMAA President 2011-12 Emma Borders

We are Proud of You!

Louisiana Alliance Members

Emma BordersAMAA President

2011-12

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events

Maryland Mission The mission of the Alliance is to partner with physicians to build healthy communities and support the family of medicine.

 What We Do As a statewide organization, we serve as a coordinating body to provide communication between the county and national alliances. In this capacity we provide: • Support for the medical profession by promoting its programs, priorities and goals• A support network for our members by offering information and understanding of the professional problems facing today’s physician;• Information on health-related topics relevant to the profession; • Leadership training and seminars for county officers and members• Assistance to counties in implementing local programs and projects

AMAA Medical Association Partner Award Winner

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Massachusetts

PhysiciansSpousesMedical StudentsPartnersFriends...

Committed to Advancing the Health and Well-being of the Family of Medicine

Health Promotions

Activities & Events

From the Past

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A Physician’s Wife’s PrayerBy Frances E. Ward

Dear God, please grant me a full awareness of my responsibilities as a helpmate to m physician-husband. Help me to cultivate, practice and love the virtue of unselfishness that he may see in me the perfect wife and helpmate. Teach me to sacrifice my own plans cheerfully when they are inconsistent with his duties to the sick and afflicted, and, lastly sustain me in my efforts to shoulder those responsibilities which are mine to bear, that he may be free to minister to those people entrusted to his care. Amen.

Michigan

About Us• The Michigan State Medical Society Alliance is an organization of over 1,300 physician spouses, working together for the benefit of their communities, their families and the profession of medicine. • The MSMS-A is a vital link in the federation of over 60,000 medical spouses nationwide, who strive to improve the health and life-styles of all citizens.• The Medical Alliance at all levels (county, state and national) provides a forum for sharing information and concerns about the practice of medicine, the quality of health care and the stresses faced by the medical family.

MSMS Alliance... A Team Effort

Our Members

The Alliance in Battle Creek

Genesee County Medical Society Alliance Historian Barbara G.

Kathy Adams, Donna Lake, Tammy GuastellaAMAA Leadership Development Conference

SIDE BY SIDE Ann Arbor Chapter

Making a Difference

Doctors and their families collected 12,000 bags of basic supplies to help over 24,000 in domestic violence shelters in Michigan.

ANTI-BULLYING BILL BECOMES LAW

SUPPLIES FOR DOMESTICVIOLENCE SHELTERS

Thursday, December 8, 2011 “Matt’s Law” was signed into law in part thanks to the efforts of the MSMS/MSMSA/MMGMA Political Action Strike Force!

AMAA PresidentJean Howard 2004-05

Jean Howard Encourages Members to Keep Embracing Change

“It is easier to be conservative and to stay with what we have always done, but that may not be

what is best for us or for the Alliance

AMAA Immediate Past President Gay Bowman

Pins New PresidentJean Howard

Oath of OfficeDelivered by AMA

PresidentDr. Donald Palmisano

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MinnesotaMINNESOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

ALLIANCE

Working Together

• The MMAA is a volunteer organization of physicians’ spouses, resident and medical student spouses who work together to build healthy communities and strengthen the medical profession.• We are affiliated with the American Medical Association Alliance.•We educate children and families about healthy living.• Our current projects focus on nutrition and childhood obesity.

Our Members Making a Difference

Hands are Not for Hitting Workshop with Children at a Local Shelter

Hennepin Alliance Body WorksHealth Fair

Health Promotions

Food Label DetectiveIn Spanish and English

Cracking the Health Words Code

Catching the ExerciseThief

Health Promotions

Reasons to Pass on Soda• Teens get almost ¼ of their calories from soft drinks.• Pop does not quench your thirst• A 12-oz can of pop contains 10 teaspoons of sugar and acid that decays teeth.

Tobacco Smoke is No Joke!Why You Lose with Booze!

Meth is Death!

AMAA PresidentDianne Fenyk 2007-08

From Dianne Fenyk’s Inaugural AddressTuesday, June 26, 2007

“For eight decades, our Alliance has adapted and changed and helped literally thousands of members grow.”

Addressing the AMA House of Delegates

AMA President Dr. Ron Davisand Dianne

Training County Leaders

Mississippi

Who We Are...What We Do• The Alliance supports the advancement of medical information and promotes harmony between physicians, communities and medicine friendly legislators. • We help to impact medical policy, improve the health of adults and children through public health education and enrich our communities through various health service projects. • Through the Alliance, physicians’ spouses truly make a difference.

Health Promotions

Lean On Me: Patrick House

MS State Medical Association Alliance  received a $10,000 grant from Mississippi State Medical Association for Health Promotion Project 2011-2012,  LEAN ON ME. Nineteen Sectionizers and Apple corers were donated to schools chosen by local alliances. Patrick House visited with schools throughout the State with his message to educate children about bullying and healthy choices from their lunchrooms to their playgrounds.

My Plate Placemats

$10,000 Grant Received

Our Members

Singing River Alliance

Hattiesburg Alliance

Mississippi State Capitol 1-19-12

AMAA PresidentJean Hill 1989-90

Dr. & Mrs. Hill in 1970: Washington County Medical Alliance worked in collaboration with the American Heart Association, Mississippi Affiliate to promote Healthy Eating, Healthy Heart with Blood Pressure screening done at several events.

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@ Lean On Me

@ Mississippi State Medical Association Alliance

Missouri

The mission of the Missouri State Medical Association Alliance is to build healthy Missouri communities and support the family of medicine through its many resources and educational programming.

With more than 500 members, the MSMA Alliance organizes and implements health projects on:•Personal, Child & Family Growth •Assistance to the Medically Under-Served •Health Literacy •Internet Safety •Anti-Violence •Healthy Lifestyles & Physical Fitness •Anti-Tobacco

The Missouri Alliance advocates for the profession of medicine and patients as well as the promotion of responsible legislation through awareness, education, and involvement.

“Spirit of the Alliance”Award

Our Members

Legislation & Political Action

Alliance “Advocates for Health Care Day”

Smoking Makes Me Ugly

Smoke Makes Me UglyAward Presented to Barbara Hover

Smoke Makes Me UglyContest Winner

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Alliance

NebraskaWho We Are:

• Founded in 1925, the NMA Alliance, with 600 members across the state, has a history of Building Healthy Communities across Nebraska as its tagline indicates. • Comprised of physicians' spouses and physicians themselves, this organization has wholly educational and charitable purposes which allow its members opportunities to directly influence the health of their individual communities and those across the state. • It also supports the activities and purposes of the American Medical Association Alliance on a national level.    

Metro Omaha Medical Society Alliance

Metro Omaha Medical Society Alliance members collected, packed and shipped

30 boxes to Kandahar, Afghanistan

Navy Reserve Anesthesiologis

t Dr. Lindsey

Afghanistan HospitalKandahar, Afghanistan

Treats for the Troops

Legislation Day

Health Promotions

Our Members

Kathy Hill, Jan BauschVolunteer of the Year 2012

Molly O’Holleran

Angela Williams

Jeanie Owen

AMAA PresidentColleen Adam 1998-99

Colleen AdamAMAA President 1998-99

From the American Medical NewsJanuary 4, 1999

“The American Medical Association Alliance stands ready and eager to partner with the AMA to stanch violence and improve public health,” the Alliance President Colleen Adam told delegates to the AMA Interim Meeting last month.

“As you devote your efforts to your patients, the Alliance can extend those efforts beyond the walls of the office or hospital. We can be like 50,000 pebbles thrown into a pond, each one creating ripples that extend your healing to our communities, our cities and our country.”

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Metro Omaha Medical Society Alliancehttp://omahamedical.com/template_view.cfm?PageID=71

NevadaCLARK COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ALLIANCE (CCMSA) • Officially chartered with the Nevada State Medical Association Alliance (NSMAA) and the national affiliate the American Medical Association Alliance (AMAA) in 1949.  • CCMSA is a non-profit service organization comprised of spouses of members of the Clark County Medical Society and the American Medical Association.• CCMSA focuses on health related needs in the community, initiating their own projects or providing volunteer hours and monetary assistance to charitable organizations or groups.

ALLIANCE WITH THE WASHOE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY (AWCMS)

... Physicians’ spouses promoting the health of our community

WE AREPhysicians’ Spouses, Medical Students’ Spouses,

Resident Physicians’ Spouses and Physicians.

WE ARE AFFILIATED WITH Washoe County Medical Society, Nevada State Medical Association,

American Medical Association Alliance

WE ARE A NON-PROFIT 501 (C) 3 MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION

Our Members

Clark County Alliance

CCMSA Fashion Show March 8, 2012

$139,000 RaisedFor Volunteers of Medicine of

Southern Nevada

Washoe County Alliance

Rummage Sale

56 ConsecutiveYears

$58,000+ RaisedA Tremendous Community

Resource

From the Past

Past AWCMS Presidents

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Alliance to the WashoeCounty Medical Society

Clark County Medical Society

Alliance

New York

Mission

To Support Our Physicians and

Promote Health in Our Communities

Co-Presidents 2011-12Sherry Messo and Stephanie

Cospito

Health Promotions

Think...Don’t Drive Reminders Given at Prom Time

Schenectady Youth Alliance Raised $500 for Quest for Grace and ran the Book Buddy Corner for the Rotterdam Junction community Day.

SAVE Day Celebrated

Our Members

4-20-12 Annual Session

Outgoing and incoming state Presidents with Schenectady Delegation

2011 Annual Session

AMAA Leadership Development Conference

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c=i&nm=Alliance

AcknowledgementsSincere thanks to Pat Hyer for asking me to run with this project and for allowing me to design the content. Special thanks to the large numbers of you who participated by supplying information to be included. It has been a great experience exploring our rich history and being able to consolidate some of it for you today as we celebrate 90 years of service to Americans and support for our medical families.

Debbi Ricks, CaliforniaAMA Alliance Director , 2011-12debbiricks@debbiricks.com June 18, 2012

Special thanks goes to:Marie Cruz, AMA Membership Staff, for helping to scan and email over 150 photos from the AMAA office including the framed photos of past presidents hanging on the wall.Sandi Anderson, my friend from California, for working with me in the AMAA office in Chicago, scanning and reviewing the archives.Tricia Hunstock, also a friend from California, for sharing from her AMAA historical archives previously collected at the AMAA office.Hazel Lewis, Former AMAA Executive Director, for meeting with me at the AMAA office and for lending her historical perspective to the project.