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Resolution Deadline is July 31
for 150th House of Delegates
Submit resolutions online before 1 pm July 31 to [email protected]
THURSDAY, August 16 Gov. Health Care Summit
Keynote address by AMA Pres. Barbara McAneny, MD
The Governor's Health Care Economic Development Summit will convene leaders in health care and business at the Tel-Com Center on Pascagoula Street in downtown Jackson from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn more here.
FREE CME & Mississippi film premier 'DO NO HARM'
Four hours of free CME will start at 1:30 at the new Westin Hotel. The Mississippi Physician Health Program will present the documentary 'Do No Harm' at 3:45 p.m. at the Westin and again at 6 p.m. at UMMC. To learn more about the physician burnout, depression and suicide film and to view a trailer, go here.
FRIDAY, August 17  MSMA House of Delegates
NEW TIME: The House of Delegates Opens 10 am, Westin
Friday at Annual Session features the first opening of the 150th House of Delegates, a Commemorative Reception  at the Mississippi Museum of History and Leadership Awards , Presidential Inaugural and Gala Dinner Dance at The Old Capitol Inn. Learn more....
SATURDAY, August 18, FREE CME 4 HRS
The Evolution of Medicine in Mississippi
Celebrate the accomplishments of notable Mississippi physicians. Luncheon speaker Gov. Haley Barbour will look at tort reform then and now.
Spotlighting CME: Arthur Guyton, MD Presented by John Hall, PhD
A survey of the life and career of the Mississippi physician wh o  changed the world of medicine. T his is just one in a series  of CME-credited presentations on Saturday morning at the 150th Annual Session. Other topics: * Civil War Medicine * Mississippi Physicians in the Civil Rights Struggle * Yellow Fever * Images in Mississippi Medicine * Mississippi and M.A.S.H. * William Faulkner * James Hardy  Learn more....
Other Upcoming Events
Mississippi Drug Summit to Examine Opioid Crisis
The second Mississippi Drug Summit will convene leaders and stakeholders for a look at where we are in the opioid crisis, and at the road forward. The Summit will be July 12-13 at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison.  Learn more....
CME Goes to Disney in November
Take the family this November 18-20 to Orlando's  Walt Disney World® and earn up to 9 hours CME. This event is a great way to get those hours and socialize at the happiest place on earth. Register here .
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