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James M. Pritsiolas, MD

James M. Pritsiolas is a nephrologist.

Policy

Address the primary care shortage and make the AMA more relevant

It saddens me to proclaim that the American Medical Association (AMA), the once-venerable organization that has advocated for the interests of physicians and patients alike since its founding in 1847, is on the precipice of irrelevancy. Membership has dwindled such…

It saddens me to proclaim that the American Medical Association (AMA), the once-venerable organization that has advocated for the interests of physicians and patients alike since its founding in 1847, is on the precipice of irrelevancy.  Membership has dwindled such that only 1/4 of physicians now belong to its ranks.

The attendant decrease in social and political influence that accompanies this decrease in membership arguably compromises the ability of the AMA …

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Address the primary care shortage and make the AMA more relevant

Physicians

A manifesto for nephrologists

Much has been made about the steady decrease in the number of U.S. medical school graduates choosing to pursue nephrology as a career. Even among nephrologists, both those in private practice as well as academia, there has been substantial hand-wringing…

Much has been made about the steady decrease in the number of U.S. medical school graduates choosing to pursue nephrology as a career.  Even among nephrologists, both those in private practice as well as academia, there has been substantial hand-wringing on this issue.

My more pessimistic colleagues see a subspecialty in decline, which they attribute to a myriad of factors.  These include the encroachment on our “turf” by other sub-specialists (intensivists …

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A manifesto for nephrologists

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