2024 Nominating Committee Report
The slate to be presented at the AAPS 81st Annual Meeting is: President-elect: George Smith, MDSecretary: Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhDTreasurer: Tamzin Rosenwasser, MD Directors:
‘Disparate-Impact’ Thinking Is Destroying Medicine
Any notion that medicine was immune to the culture shocks in our nation was destroyed by the intersection of the George Floyd response and COVID-era policy, writes ophthalmologist Jane Lindell Hughes, M.D., F.A.C.S., in the […]
AAPS News July 2024 – Lawfare
Volume 80, no. 7 July 2024 Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent. It is a type of warfare. According to the website lawfaremedia.org, “The name Lawfare refers both to the use of […]
R.I.P. Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. – Valiant Champion of Medical Freedom
Today we have some very difficult news to share. Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD, a longtime member of the AAPS family, a true heroine of American medicine, and valiant defender of the patient-physician relationship, passed away […]
AAPS Calls for Urgent Elimination of ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Ideology from Medicine
In a statement adopted on June 16, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons calls for “urgent actions … to eliminate the destructive ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ ideology from every aspect of the medical profession […]
A Landmark Victory for Physicians and Patients – and the First Amendment – by the Fifth Circuit Today in AAPS v. ABIM
A precedent-setting ruling in favor of the First Amendment was issued today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. This influential Court established the right to object in court to censorship of […]
AAPS Statement on “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” DEI in Medicine
1. Our country has been besieged by the Marxist-based ideology, known as “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” which is infiltrating the practice of medicine through medical schools, biomedical research, hiring practices, and government regulations. Intrusion of […]
Economic Health Watch: The Value of the Dollar
I hope you have a disaster preparedness plan—and nuclear war is not the only possible sudden apocalypse. America’s economic predominance depends on the value of the dollar, which is the international reserve currency. As the […]
Texas Action Alert: Opportunity to Protect Board Certification Status
Dear AAPS Members and Friends in Texas: Thank you to the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS) for raising awareness about an important opportunity to amend the definition of “board certified” used by the […]
AAPS Calls for Overruling Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upon Which Vaccine Mandates Are Based
In its filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on June 10, the Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) calls for overruling the century-old precedent of Jacobson v. Massachusetts, which has been used to uphold many […]
