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May 5, 2010 -- The Oregon Medical Association has a new executive committee led by its president, Dr. John Evans III. Read More >>

April 14, 2010 -- Dr. John Evans III, a Portland-based anesthesiologist, becomes president of the Oregon Medical Association at its annual House of Delegates meeting on April 24. He succeeds Dr. Peter Bernardo, a general surgeon from Salem. Read More >>

March 31, 2010 – The health reform package signed into law by President Obama doesn’t pass muster with the Oregon Medical Association, which remains critical of the sweeping reform. Read More >>

January 6, 2010 -- Up until now, there’s been plenty of speculation about the severity of the primary care shortage. But with the release of a preliminary survey conducted by the Oregon Medical Association and the state’s Department of Human Services, there’s plenty of cause for concern. Read More >>

January 5, 2010 -- The Oregon Medical Association today announced that Gwen Dayton, JD, recently of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, joined the OMA staff as General Counsel, effective January 1, 2010. Read More >>

October 5, 2009 -- Despite his failure to convince his colleagues to pass a free choice amendment to the $880 billion healthcare bill winding its way through Congress, Senator Ron Wyden refuses to give up the fight. Read More >>

Bryan Boehringer has become the policy and government affairs director for the Oregon Medical Association. Since 1998 he worked in the government affairs department at Oregon Health & Science University, rising through the ranks from government relations associate to government and community relations director in 2005. In his new role, he will direct the federal and state-level advocacy efforts of the OMA, and lead the government affairs staff. Read More >>

Dr. Peter Bernardo, a general surgeon in Salem, has become president of the Oregon Medical Association, which represents 7,600 physicians, physician assistants and medical students. In solo private practice for nearly 17 years, he led the tort reform effort by the OMA in 2004, which would have limited non-economic damages to $500,000. Voters narrowly defeated the measure, which was vigorously opposed by malpractice attorneys. Read More >>

April 30, 2009 -- Advocates of a single-payer healthcare system believe it’s time for organized medicine to take a decisive stand. When the Oregon Medical Association held its annual meeting in Eugene on April 25-26, physicians hotly debated the issue. A ballot will be mailed to its 350 voting members with a decision anticipated in the coming month. Read More >>