Meharry Medical College Physician to be Installed as President of the National Medical Association
Dr. Bailey will represent the Nation’s 50,000 African-American Physicians. Nashville, Tenn. (PRWEB) July 19, 2012 Dr. Rahn Kennedy Bailey, associate professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Meharry Medical College, will be installed as president of the National Medical Association (NMA) on July 31 during the NMA 2012 Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly in New Orleans. NMA represents more than 50,000 African-American physicians and is the largest and oldest national organization representing these physicians and the patients they serve. Dr. Bailey begins his term as the 113th NMA president with an eye toward implementing a policy agenda that includes support of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act. Additionally, his administration will focus on eliminating health disparities and raising awareness of the unmet need for mental health care for African Americans. “Health care policy is changing rapidly and, for more than 100 years, the National Medical Association has been at the forefront of the effort to provide quality health care for medically underserved populations,” Bailey said. “I look forward to expanding Read more text
