Australian Medical Association
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The Australian Medical Association (the AMA) is a professional association for Australia
n doctors
and medical students.
The AMA uses a representative structure involving state branches and committees to work with members to promote and protect the interests of doctors.
The mechanisms that allow this include:
The AMA supports patient care by serving the medical profession across a broad range of services including:
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n doctors
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and medical students.
The AMA uses a representative structure involving state branches and committees to work with members to promote and protect the interests of doctors.
The mechanisms that allow this include:
- working with governments to maintain and increase provision of world-class medical care to all Australians;
- tracking and reporting government performance on health;
- challenging government on policy that potentially harms the interests of patients;
- providing a resonant and authoritative expert medical commentary on health issues;
- responding to issues in the health debate through provision of a wide range of expert resources; and
- commissioning and conducting research on health issues.
The AMA supports patient care by serving the medical profession across a broad range of services including:
- protecting the academic, professional and economic independence and the well being of medical practitioners;
- promoting and advancing ethical behaviour by the medical profession and protecting the integrity and independence of the doctor/patient relationship; and
- preserving and protecting the political, legal and industrial interests of medical practitioners.
Presidents of the Australian Medical Association
- Cecil Colville (1962-1964)
- Angus Murray (1964-1967)
- Clarence Rieger (1967-1970)
- Roderick Macdonald (1970-1972)
- Gavin Johnson (1972-1973)
- Keith JonesKeith Jones (surgeon)Sir Keith Stephen Jones FRCS is an Australian medical practitioner and surgeon. He is a past national president of the Australian Medical Association and was chief medical officer of the New South Wales State Emergency Service. He turned 100 in July 2011.-Early life:Jones was born in Narrandera,...
(1973-1976) - Rupert MagareyRupert MagareySir Rupert Magarey FRCS was an Australian medical practitioner and surgeon. He was a past president of the Australian Medical Association.-Early life:...
(1976-1979) - Lionel Wilson (1979-1982)
- Lindsay Thompson (1982-1985)
- Trevor Pickering (1985-1988)
- Bryce Phillips (1998-1990)
- Bruce Shepherd (1990-1993)
- Brendan NelsonBrendan NelsonDr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...
(1993-1995) - David WeedonDavid WeedonDr David Weedon is a dermatopathologist in Queensland, Australia who is the author of a textbook on dermatopathology widely considered to be an encyclopedic reference of skin diseases titled "Skin Pathology." Published originally in 1997 and currently in its third edition, "Skin Pathology" is an...
(1995-1996) - Keith Woollard (1996-1998)
- David Brand (1998-2000)
- Kerryn PhelpsKerryn PhelpsKerryn Lyndel Phelps AM is an Australian medical practitioner and public commentator. She is current President of the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health at the University of Sydney...
(2000-2003) - William Glasson (2003-2005)
- Mukesh HaikerwalMukesh HaikerwalDr. Mukesh Chandra Haikerwal AO is a Melbourne, Australia GP and former federal president of the Australian Medical Association .-Background:...
(2005-2007) - Rosanna CapolinguaRosanna CapolinguaDr. Rosanna Capolingua, MBBS, is a former federal president of the Australian Medical Association . She served as president from 2007 to 2009.-Background:...
(2007-2009) - Andrew Pesce (2009-2011)
- Steve Hambleton (2011-)