19 physicians elected to Congress

There are 19 physicians who were elected to Congress in November, including four senators and 15 representatives, the American Medical Association’s Patients Action Network reported Jan. 3. 

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Newly elected: 

  • Rep. Rich McCormick, MD, R-Ga., an emergency medicine physician
  • Rep. Yadira Caraveo, MD, D-Colo., a pediatrician

Reelected: 

  • Rep. Ami Bera, MD, D-Calif., a physician and former chief medical officer for Sacramento County 
  • Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, R-Ind., a cardiothoracic surgeon and former president of Evansville, Ind.-based Ohio Valley HeartCare
  • Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, R-Texas, an OB-GYN
  • Rep. Scott DesJarlais, MD, R-Tenn., a family medicine physician
  • Rep. Neal Dunn, MD, R-Fla., urologist and founder of Panama City Urology Center
  • Rep. Mark Green, MD, R-Tenn., an emergency medicine physician
  • Rep. Andy Harris, MD, R-Md., an anesthesiologist
  • Rep. Ronny Jackson, MD, R-Texas, a former White House physician
  • Rep. John Joyce, MD, R-Pa., a dermatologist 
  • Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, BSN, R-Iowa, an ophthalmologist
  • Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., former president of Greenville, N.C.-based Eastern Urological Associates
  • Rep. Raul Ruiz, MD, D-Calif., an emergency medicine physician
  • Rep. Kim Schrier, MD, D-Wash., a pediatrician
  • Sen. John Barrasso, MD, R-Wyo., an orthopedic surgeon
  • Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., a gastroenterologist 
  • Sen. Roger Marshall, MD, R-Kan., an obstetrician 
  • Sen. Rand Paul, MD, R-Ky., an ophthalmologist

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