SFMS Advocates for Public Health Protections to Help Prevent Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke SFMS joined the American Heart Association and other public health experts in a press briefing in support of World Health Day and San Francisco’s sugar-sweetened beverage warning label for advertisements legislation. April 7, 2016 Advocacy, Public Health, SFMS Member John Maa, soda warning label, Dean Schillinger, sugar-sweetened beverages 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Passes SFMS Resolution Urging U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Cease Tobacco Advocacy Efforts CMA reinforced its long-established stance against tobacco use, adopting Res. 107-15 authored by the San Francisco Medical Society that strongly objects to pro-tobacco efforts by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in other parts of the world. October 19, 2015 Advocacy, CMA, Public Health, SFMS Member House of Delegates, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, John Maa, tobacco 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Champions Tobacco Regulation at August Lobby Day On August 26, 2015, three SFMS physician members joined over a hundred health care workers, and patient advocates at a daylong rally at the Capitol in Sacramento in support of the six tobacco control bills heard during the Special Extraordinary Session on Healthcare 2015 convened by Governor Brown. September 2, 2015 Advocacy, SFMS Member John Maa, Renee Fogelberg, Laura Davies, Save Lives California, SFMS advocacy, tobacco, tobacco tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
John Maa, MD Elected to ACS Northern California Chapter Leadership SFMS board member John Maa, MD was named president-elect of the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) on May 12, 2012. May 30, 2012 SFMS Member, UCSF ACS, ACS Northern California Chapter, John Maa 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Member's Letter to the Editor in Today's Chronicle Letter to the editor regarding misleading advertising featuring Dr. Ladonna Porter opposing Prop 29. Both the National Medical Association (of which the Golden State Medical Association is a regional chapter) and the California Medical Association strongly support efforts to curb tobacco’s deadly toll. May 8, 2012 Advocacy, SFMS Member Dr. Ladonna Porter, John Maa, Prop 29 0 0 Comment Read More »
