Important Issues

At the June American Medical Association meeting, MSDC Board member and Alternate Delegate Matthew Lecuyer, MD, MPH was elected Chair of the Young Physicians Section (YPS).

The AMA YPS, "gives voice to and advocates for issues that impact physicians under 40 years of age or within the first eight years of professional practice after their training as residents and fellows". The YPS meets at the same time of the AMA House Of Delegates (HOD) to advocate for issues within the HOD that impact early career physicians. You can view YPS's actions at the June meeting here.

The YPS Chair position is a prestigious one as YPS represents physicians from across the country. Dr. Lecuyer is extremely qualified for the position, as you can read here in his MSDC member profile. Briefly, Dr. Lecuyer:

• Co-Chairs the MSDC Bright Young Docs Section
• Chairs the MSDC Unconscious Bias in Medicine Task Force
• Serves as an MSDC AMA Alternate Delegate
• Serves in his day job as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children's National Hospital