By Rohini Kousalya Siva MD MPH MS, National AMSA President  Just when you thought Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis couldn’t get any worse, he’s supporting the Florida State Board of Education’s new education standards which include teaching K-12 students that slavery had “benefits” for enslaved people. DeSantis, Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, and state board of…

Every fall, AMSA members come together to raise their voices in unison …a powerful chorus of change, growth, and community — future physicians from medical school campuses near and far. And this chorus only gets stronger and louder as the months pass, culminating in a global, spring convening like no other. This is AMSA’s Annual…

Just announced: AMSA’s Scholars Programs are live for 2023-2024  Welcome to Scholars Program season! Every year, AMSA envisions and develops virtual learning programs, designed to offer medical students training and experience on topics that are not always offered in medical school. And if they are, we can pretty much assure you that they’re not offered…

This was one for the books! For three action-packed days in June, we took Phoenix by storm. We convened as a mighty force of future physicians from across the globe. We learned. We networked. We sutured. We postered. We speed-dated. And we had an amazing time doing all of it. This was Future Physicians for…

By J Conrado, AMSA Gender & Sexuality Advocacy Coordinator and M2 at EVMS, Nikitha Balaji, AMSA Health Policy Gender and Sexuality Coordinator and M1 at CWRU SOM, Elissa Cleland, AMSA Gender & Sexuality Chair and M2 at EVMS, Trevor Lyford, AMSA Health Policy Chair and M2 at EVMS, and Rohini Kousalya Siva, National AMSA President,…

By Trevor Lyford,  Nikita Balaji, Annelise Silva, and Rohini Kousalya Siva   On Thursday, June 29, 2023, in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina,  The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that the admissions programs…