Advocacy

Join AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall – Livestream Sept 28 at 8pmET

Save the Date! AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall Reproductive Justice Points the Way: Why & How Reproductive Health Medical Education Must Change Thursday, September 28, 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET  Livestream @AMSAnational REGISTER NOW Join AMSA National Leaders, Chapter Officers, members and allies across the country and around the world for a powerful and compelling...

I’m an Aspiring OB-GYN. Here Is Why I Won’t Do My Residency in Any State With an Abortion Ban.

Cross-posted from Ms. Magazine, written by Rohini Kousalya Siva, MD, MPH, MS, National AMSA President. Originally published August 10, 2023. This September, I will join thousands of medical students applying for OB-GYN residencies in states across the country. For students like me, applying to residency programs is supposed to be an exciting step towards a...

58 Years of Medicare and Medicaid: Reflection and Future Aspirations

By Trevor Lyford, MPH, M2 at Eastern Virginia Medical School and AMSA National Health Policy Chair I’ve been studying the American healthcare system for roughly ten years. I majored in Public Health with a focus in Health Policy in graduate school before starting Medical School last year. My years of education came in handy when...

AMSA stands against Florida’s Racist, White Supremacist Curriculum

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...