Government
AMA chief lobbyist to retire
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Sept. 19, 2005
Lee J. Stillwell, senior vice president of the American Medical Association's advocacy group, will retire Oct. 1, the Association recently announced.
Stillwell, who joined the AMA in 1987, will stay on as a consultant and will assist in a nationwide search for a permanent replacement for the Association's top lobbyist in Washington, D.C. AMA Executive Vice President and CEO Michael D. Maves, MD, MBA, will assume responsibility for the advocacy group in the meantime.
"The political landscape has been challenging in recent years, but Lee and his team continued to move the needle positively on the issues that mattered to physicians and their patients, including a hard-fought victory on patient safety earlier this year," Dr. Maves said in a statement. AMA lobbying efforts in Washington will not slow down because of Stillwell's departure, he said.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/09/19/gvbf0919.htm.
