Our guest today is Dr. Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, Member of the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Fryhofer, a board-certified physician of internal medicine, was elected as a trustee in June 2018 and served as chair of the board in 2022–23. A graduate of Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Fryhofer also maintains a full-time general internal medicine private practice in Atlanta. Among her numerous positions, she has served as AMA’s liaison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

In this episode of HMAConnect, we speak with Emily Carroll, Senior Attorney for the American Medical Association’s Advocacy Department, on the subject of prior authorization. In this position, Ms. Carroll provides legislative, regulatory and policy support to state and national medical specialty societies. Her work centers on commercial payer practices and state health insurance reforms in support of patients and physicians. She received her law degree from the Chicago Kent College of Law, a Master of Social Work degree and Certificate in Health Care Administration and Policy from the University of Chicago, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.

In this episode of HMAConnect, we speak with Dr. Michael Suk, Chair of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees. Dr. Suk shares his views on leadership in medicine, trends in healthcare delivery, collective bargaining for physicians, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the AMA.

This episode is a casual conversation with Kai Sternstein, Vice President - State Advocacy Resource Center for the American Medical Association. Ms. Sternstein oversees the ARC staff attorneys' development and execution of strategies for achieving AMA goals through state legislation and regulation.

Today's podcast is an interview with Dr. Nadine Tenn-Salle. Dr. Tenn-Salle specializes in pediatrics and internal medicine, and is affiliated with both Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children and The Queen's Medical Center.

Dr. Tenn-Salle discusses her take on Hawaii's physician shortage, and her ideas for possible solutions to the problem.

Blair Tomlinson is the Sales and Marketing Director for MIEC. In business since 1975, MIEC is the first physician-owned professional liability insurer to service the western United States. Being solely owned by its policyholders, MIEC is able to return any realized profits to policyholders in the form of dividend credits.

Mr. Tomlinson will share MIEC's views on access to care, the importance of private practice on rural health and telemedicine's ever-increasing role.

Dr. Kelley Withy is Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and the Director of the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC). Her research focuses on health workforce assessment, health careers development, rural health, telehealth and substance use prevention. Dr. Withy is the primary physician workforce researcher in Hawaii and has developed the only statewide database of supply and demand for physician services as well as a statewide telehealth network.

This is a repost of the interview done with Gubernatorial candidate James "Duke" Aiona . As he is the Republican candidate for Governor in the general election, this podcast interview will give our members insight into Mr. Aiona's positions on healthcare in Hawaii.

This episode is co-sponsored by HMA and the Hawaii State Rural Health Association as part of our Gubernatorial Candidate Series. Candidates were given the opportunity to answer questions posed by members of both organizations, providing the community an introduction to the candidates and their positions on healthcare issues which affect physicians, patients and community health. Each episode begins with an opening statement from the candidate, followed by a question and answer section and the candidate’s closing remarks.