Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the American Medical Association’s website.
“With his extensive experience in Washington and working within the AMA, Todd Askew will provide strategic leadership that will build upon our successful advocacy on behalf of physicians and their patients to improve the health of the nation,” said AMA Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, M.D. “We also thank Rich Deem for dedicating 35 years to the AMA. Under Deem’s leadership, the AMA has been instrumental at increasing and protecting access to health coverage for millions of Americans, eliminating the fatally-flawed SGR and making inroads combatting the opioid epidemic.”
During his time as AMA’s Director of Congressional Affairs, Askew led efforts to advance organized medicine’s priorities before the United States Congress. Askew previously served as AMA’s Assistant Director of Congressional Affairs. Click here to continue>>
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