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3 Best Posts from Mid-Year Forum 2022

APR 19, 2022 in Features, Advocacy

The Academy's YO Committee invited Advocacy Ambassadors to join the #myf2022 Mid-Year Forum 2022 Video Challenge and share their experience using social media. Here are the winners.

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VA’s National Standards Epitomize Why We Need to Speak Up

APR 19, 2022 By Zachary A Koretz, MD, MPH in Advocacy

My first-ever visits to federal lawmakers’ offices — during the Academy’s Congressional Advocacy Day on April 7 — underscored the importance of bringing our voice to Capitol Hill.

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My Top 5 Highlights of Mid-Year Forum 2022: Why We Advocate!

APR 15, 2022 By Cris Martin P Jacoba, MD in Advocacy

The Academy’s Mid-Year Forum 2022 was an outstanding gathering of ophthalmologists throughout the entire country united in our efforts to advocate for policies that directly affect patient care. Here’s my list of fabulous five moments, photos included, to showcase the energy, camaraderie and passion our advocates showed throughout the meeting.

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We Are Always Advocating: From Clinic to Capitol Hill

APR 15, 2022 By Maja Magazin, DO in Advocacy

My experience at the Academy’s Mid-Year Forum 2022 taught me that there are many levels of advocacy, and as resident physicians, our advocacy efforts often begin with individual patient care in our clinics and operating rooms.

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Show Up, Speak Up and Follow Up: Taking the L.E.A.P.

APR 15, 2022 By Marielle T Mahan, MD in Advocacy

Although not explicitly taught, advocacy is an essential component of medical education. I would argue that the best residents are the strongest advocates. They are caring, efficient, thorough and do what is needed as soon as it is needed. Working in a rigid system with an established hierarchy, it is sometimes difficult to see the big picture, and know how to take our advocacy roles to the next level. That's where the Academy’s Advocacy Ambassador Program comes in.

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Academy Names 5th Copeland Fellow: Michael A. Harrell Jr., MD

APR 15, 2022 By Michael A Harrell Jr, MD in Advocacy

The Academy, along with the ophthalmology section of the National Medical Association, the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians, have selected Michael A. Harrell Jr., MD, as the fifth Copeland Fellow.

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3 Ways YOs Can Matter in Federal Affairs

FEB 16, 2022 By Darby D Miller MD in Advocacy

In the interest of brevity, here are my three concise takeaways from the Academy’s Jan. 22 Secretariat of Federal Affairs meeting. The panel met to consider changes in federal regulations and health care policies that affect ophthalmologists.

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Veterans Health Administration Federal Supremacy Project: 5 Takeaways

OCT 18, 2021 By Yvonne N Okaka, MD in Advocacy

How the VA's Federal Supremacy Project could push the scope of practice boundaries for nonphysician providers.

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Effective Advocacy: A Lawmaker’s Perspective

AUG 18, 2021 By Natalie A Homer, MD in Advocacy

We’ve asked former Illinois state legislator Thomas J. Homer and Illinois State Medical Society Assistant Vice President of State Legislative Affairs Scott Reimers to share their insights on successful advocacy. An attorney, Homer served six terms in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1982 to 1994.

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There’s No Better Time: Become an Active Advocate Today

JUL 21, 2021 By Jeff S Maltzman MD in Advocacy

You’ve chosen the best specialty in all of medicine. I can think of no other that offers as much professional and personal satisfaction, no other that contributes as positively to our patients’ overall quality of life. Yet as my senior partner says, “It takes a lot of effort to maintain the status quo.” And I’ll add: it takes considerably more to advance the status quo. Our great profession is worth fighting for. Will you heed the call?

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