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PRESIDENT’S PAGE
NANCY FAN, MD
MSD President Nancy Fan, MD is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist who practices with Women to Women OB/GYN in Wilmington and is on the staff of Saint Francis Healthcare.
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
– John F. Kennedy
Medical Society Annual Meeting
This month the Medical Society will convene its 226th Annual Meeting. This meeting is an opportunity for members of the Medical Society to “lead and learn” through
the educational topic, “Advanced Planning and End of Life ... Let’s Have a Conversation.” This timely topic was the subject of my President’s Page in
the September issue of the Delaware Medical Journal and is becoming health care with an aging population. For members of the MSD Council, the Annual Meeting is a chance to reconnect with other physician leaders, as well as to discuss the business of the Medical Society, such as the activities of the committees for the past year, budget review, and elections.
Also, the Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association is held in November. In previous President pages, I have commented on the energy and purpose that imbues these AMA meetings and have come to appreciate the work and policy that is produced by our peers and professional colleagues. The opportunity to “learn” and for leadership development is evident
at both of these state and national meetings. As I prepare to attend my third Interim Meeting of the AMA and my last MSD Annual Meeting as president of this organization, I would like to provide some examples of the extent of work each organization does on behalf of physicians. I am more than familiar with the amount of work each physician does on behalf of his/ her patient, the continuing education obtained, and desire for best practices have learned that being a physician it is reassuring to know that these organizations work diligently and conscientiously on our behalf.
Advocacy
The level of and interest in advocacy has only increased in the past two years I have been president. While the implementation of ICD-10 proved to be inevitable, the delay of ICD-
10 and the repeal of SGR should be viewed as legislative achievements in an increasingly fractious and partisan government. With the publication
of the 2015 annual AMA update on “Competition in Health Insurance,” the
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