The American Medical Association has elected Andrew W. Gurman, MD, as president-elect.
Here are four key notes:
1. Dr. Gurman will assume the office of AMA president in June 2016.
2. He is in private practice in Altoona, Pa., and he has served as the speaker and vice speaker of the AMA's House of Delegates for the last eight years.
3. He has represented Pennsylvania physicians in the AMA House of Delegates for nearly two decades.
4. He has also represented the AMA at the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Stakeholders Group on Opioid Prescribing and Dispensing.
5. Dr. Gurman completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the combined Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein program in New York and a fellowship in hand surgery at the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, also in New York.