A Smoke-Filled Room at the American Medical Association
The American Medical Association Resident Physicians Section (AMA-RPS) Governing Council’s support for anti-smoking activism only went so far…(05:21)
Smoke-Filled Room (5:37)
Audio Recording (Captions on YouTube Here)
Introduction by Alan Blum, MD
AMA-RPS Governing Council debating how to take the award check away from Dr. Blum (13:21)
Audio recording by Joseph Selliken, MD, secretary, American Medical Association-Resident Physicians Section (AMA-RPS) Governing Council of its Spring 1980 meeting
“Miami physicians take lead in drive to curb cigaret smoking”
Article in American Medical News
February 13, 1978
“$2000 contribution to DOC”
Letter from Gary Cowen, MD, president, University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals’ Housestaff Physicians Association, to Alan Blum, MD
November 20, 1978
“I deeply appreciate the faith and confidence…”
Letter from Alan Blum, MD to Gary Cowen, MD, president, University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals’ Housestaff Physicians Association, reprinted in SCOPE, newsletter of the Housestaff Physicians Association
December 1978
“…literally brought down the house…”
Letter from Stephen Dresnick, MD, chairman, American Medical Association-Resident Physicians Section, to Tom Nesbitt, MD, president, American Medical Association
June 26, 1978
“AMA Goes ‘Prevention'”
Article in Resident & Staff Physician
November 1978
“AMA gives first speakers’ awards”
Article in American Medical News
March 2, 1979
“Doubtless flushed with success…”
Letter from Alan Blum, MD to Mort Enright, director of the American Medical Association Annual Physician Speaker Competition, reporting that the AMA-RPS Governing Council had invited Dr. Blum to submit recordings of his radio and TV programs as its nominee.
November 12, 1979
Resolution by the AMA-RPS Governing Council to take away the $1000 that accompanied Alan Blum’s AMA national speakers’ competition award
Minutes of the AMA-RPS Governing Council
Spring 1980
“DOC- Doctors Ought to Care”
Article in the Code Blue section of Resident and Staff Physician
June 1980
