Advocacy

AMSA Stands in Solidarity with Student Protests Across the Nation: Our Commitment to Creating Brave Spaces for Student Organizing and Activism

As student-led uprisings and protests grow across the country and around the world, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) reaffirms its commitment to its mission of educating and empowering diverse future physicians to become unapologetic advocates for justice in healthcare. Today, we stand in solidarity with the students of numerous institutions including Columbia University, NYU,...

Shaping the Future of Healthcare: Reflecting on AMSA’s Collective Impact

Every year, AMSA organizes its House of Delegates (HOD) meeting, a pivotal event where members actively shape the direction of the organization. Serving as AMSA’s official policy-making body, the HOD brings together representatives from our chapters to vote on policies and elect national officers. It’s an inclusive forum where every AMSA member has a voice,...

AMSA President as Guest of Congressman Bobby Scott at State of the Union Address

by Rohini Kousalya Siva, MD, MPH, MS, National President of the American Medical Student Association  I am thrilled to share the profound experience I had as the honored guest of Congressman Bobby Scott at the State of the Union address. Congressman Scott’s invitation speaks volumes about the vital commitment all legislators should uphold: amplifying the...

Future Physicians for Change: Dare to Blaze the Path Forward

by Rohini Kousalya Siva, MD, MPH, MS, National President of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Once a year, we come together as a diverse force of future physicians banded together with a common goal: to make positive change in healthcare. To dare to envision a better realm of medicine — to overcome barriers that...