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April 20, 2020 11:48 ET | Source: NBME

CAROL CARRACCIO, M.D., AND REBECCA LIPNER, PH.D., SELECTED AS RECIPIENTS OF NBME’s 2020 JOHN P. HUBBARD AWARD

PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carol Carraccio, M.D., Vice President, Competency-Based Assessment at the American Board of Pediatrics, and Rebecca Lipner, Ph.D., Senior Vice...
October 20, 2015 16:22 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Proposed Pennsylvania Compact Would Allow Abortion by Out-of-State Physicians, States the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pennsylvania is considering opening its borders to out-of-state physicians in a flawed Interstate Medical Licensure Compact that has been properly...
June 02, 2015 10:00 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Telemedicine is the Pretext for Corporate Intrusion Into Medical Licensure, According to Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., June 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The stated purpose of laws being pushed in numerous state legislatures is to facilitate telemedicine and thereby ease the physician shortage. But the...
November 21, 2013 11:12 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons States Arizona Medical Board Problems Go Beyond Whistleblowers' Allegations

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 21, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Nov 20, the Joint Health and Human Services Committee of the Arizona legislature held a hearing on alleged violations of the law by former Arizona...
April 10, 2013 13:54 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Doctors Have a Right to Confront Their Accusers, Says Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., April 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement was issued by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), which testified in favor of Texas bill SB 1193. This...
December 12, 2012 09:49 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Plans to Impose Proprietary Medical Recertificaton Requirements Thwarted in Ohio, Medical Journal Reports

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical relicensure is intended to protect the public by assuring ethical behavior and a basic level of competence. But a new cottage industry would...