Congratulations to Alice Lehman, MD, for winning the Copic-MMA Foundation Humanitarian Award! This award honors a physician for volunteer medical services and contributions to their community. Please join us in celebrating her contributions.

Save the date! 📅 Physicians' Day at the Capitol is Wednesday, February 17, 2027. We look forward to seeing you! #Advocacy #PublicHealth

Congratulations to Marilyn Peitso, MD, FAAP, for winning the MMA Distinguished Service Award! This award is given to a physician who has made outstanding contributions in service to the MMA during their career.  Please join us in celebrating her contributions.

Sometimes the healers need healing. Access a supportive, stigma-free environment for prioritizing your well-being. treatyourselffirst.org #EndTheStigma #GetHelp #TreatYourselfFirst

A group of fifth-grade students from Lincoln Elementary School in St. Cloud got a firsthand look at the world of medicine during a special Mini Medical School Day hosted by the University of Minnesota Medical School CentraCare Regional Campus St. Cloud. ow.ly/kuq750ZWBFl

Congratulations to the Annunciation Light Alliance and Protect Minnesota for winning the MMA Eric C. Dick Memorial Health Policy Partner Award! This year’s recipients are being honored for their advocacy work on firearm safety.  Please join us in celebrating their contributions.

The Advocacy Champion for October is Daron W. Gersch, MD, FAAFP, a family medicine physician at CentraCare – Long Prairie Hospital. Read more about Dr. Gersch here: mnmed.org/advocacychampion #PublicHealth #AdvocacyChampion

Learn how staying curious and listening closely, while recognizing the impact of time pressure, can help clinicians better understand patient concerns, reduce diagnostic risk, and build stronger clinician-patient relationships. copic.com/resource/medical-g…

Congratulations to Sen. Alice Mann, MD, for winning the MMA James H. Sova Memorial Award for Advocacy! Mann has been an invaluable advocacy partner with the MMA at the state Capitol.     Please join us in celebrating her contributions.

The MMA has released an updated version of its “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Resource Guide for Physicians.” The guide helps Minnesota physicians understand how the law continues to affect their practice and patients.  mnmed.org/news-and-publicati…

Congratulations to Koushik Paul, MD, for winning the MMA Resident & Fellow Leadership Award! This award recognizes physicians-in-training who demonstrate exemplary leadership in service. Please join us in celebrating his contributions.

Congratulations to Maritza Steele for winning the MMA Medical Student Leadership Award! This award recognizes physicians-in-training who demonstrate exemplary leadership in service. Please join us in celebrating her contributions.

The MMA has launched an updated version of its “Mental Health Resource Guide for Physicians,” which provides physicians with tools to connect patients with mental health services, including substance use disorder services, across Minnesota.  ow.ly/GeUW50ZUiJ4

Congratulations to Cindy Firkins Smith, MD, and Corey Martin, MD, for winning the MMA President’s Award! Smith and Martin have been critical components in creating and running the MMA's Minnesota Physician Leadership Institute.     Join us in celebrating their contributions.

Two significant provisions of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) affecting non-citizen adults on Medical Assistance (MA; Minnesota Medicaid) took effect October 1.   Find the changes, and the link to the MMA’s Resource Guide for Physicians, here: ow.ly/XUmQ50ZUiBa

This year’s Empowering Physicians event offered a mix of pomp and circumstance, recognition, and an inspiring talk on perseverance and determination. More on the event here: ow.ly/2VJp50ZUiyN

The MMA is seeking physicians and other healthcare professionals to serve on an advisory committee for a new Project ECHO program focused on mental and behavioral health in rural communities.   Read more and submit an interest form here: ow.ly/q6XT50ZS0sX

The Physicians Foundation released findings from its 2026 survey of America’s physicians' wellbeing. For information on the survey, go here: mnmed.org/news-and-publicati… For tools, resources, and expertise to support your well-being, go here: treatyourselffirst.org/

Local healthcare finance expert Stephen T. Parente, Ph.D., has been named as one of eight new members to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Parente will be a panelist in an upcoming MMA Physician Forum. ow.ly/YoxH50ZS0mC

Physicians and physicians-in-training gathered at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Sept. 25 to network, honor MMA Award winners, and inaugurate the next MMA president. More photos coming soon!