Not long ago, board certification of physicians simply documented achievement of a certain level of specialty training, but recently it has become time-limited. There is a now a multi-million-dollar industry that imposes recurring onerous, expensive […]
By Kristin Story Held, M.D. View PDF of Article: https://jpands.org/vol25no1/held.pdf “I worked from the day I could stand… well, that’s enough about me…,” a humble man uttered reticently as we broke bread over the house […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD The short answer is No. And thinking that, we would be in good company. A new survey finds that Americans trust Amazon more than the federal government.[1] The most […]
According to a recent survey, doctors think that more than 20 percent of medical care in the U.S. is unnecessary, writes Albert L. Fisher, M.D., of Oshkosh, Wis., president of the Association of American Physicians […]
Click here for Part I. Click here for Part II. By Michael J. A. Robb, M.D. To innovate, physicians must be free from the shackles of third-party oppression, exponentially rising numbers of “administroids,” and the […]
By Michael J. A. Robb, M.D., Click here to read Part I At this writing the U.S. House of Representatives has just narrowly passed the bill called the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Now it […]
A message from AAPS President Michael J. A. Robb, M.D. Click here for Part II. My Ancestral Spirit of Revolution I am the direct maternal-side descendant of Andres Bonifacio, a founder of the Katipunan, who […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons stands for the preservation of the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship, and for safeguarding the individual rights and independence of patients and physicians.
If you want a say in the way politics impacts your practice and your professional livelihood, the AAPS represent the best investment in time and money you can make. Right now doctors are under attack […]
AAPS President (2010-2011) Lee Hieb, M.D. is an Orthopaedic Surgeon, in solo private practice. Her first-hand experience in medicine began in the 1950s, when she accompanied her father on his housecalls in Iowa. Her articles […]
