Colorado physicians participated in the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates meeting held in Chicago in June 2025. The delegation, composed of elected Colorado physicians, represented the state and took part in various leadership roles and policy decisions.
Jan Kief, MD, was appointed chair of the Council on Long Range Planning & Development after serving as vice chair. Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, MD, became chair-elect of the Council on Science and Public Health. Carolynn Francavilla-Brown, MD, completed her term as chair of the AMA Private Practice Section. Jeremy Lazarus, MD—past president of both the Colorado Medical Society (CMS) and AMA—finished his term as chair of the AMA Council of Ethical & Judicial Affairs.
Dr. Lazarus and Rachelle Klammer, MD, serve on the AMA Foundation Board of Directors. Dr. Lazarus has been named president-elect while Dr. Klammer has been elected Secretary for the Foundation Board.
Jacob Altholz, MD, completed his role as Speaker for the Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) and joined the AMA Council on Legislation. A. Lee Morgan, MD, ended her tenure as District Councilor for PacWest; Rachelle Klammer was elected to this position. Two residents—Joshua Bilello, MD, and Lavanya Easwaran, MD MPH—joined Colorado’s Delegation this year. Medical student Pritika Parmar attended as a regional delegate for the Medical Student Section.
The Colorado delegation brought three resolutions that were passed by the House:
Resolution 503 defines neural data specifically as information from measuring activity in a person’s nervous system via neurotechnologies—not including inferred data—and calls for legislative protection for users.
Resolution 411 directs lobbying efforts to protect mRNA vaccine use and research at both federal and state levels with model legislation to be developed by November’s Interim Meeting.
Emergency Resolution 1001 calls on advocacy supporting the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), urges reversal of recent dismissals from ACIP by federal officials, requests investigation by Senate HELP committee into those actions at CDC and ACIP administration levels, and seeks alternative evidence-based advisory structures.
Bobby Mukkamala, MD from Flint Michigan was sworn in as AMA President—the 180th since its founding—and will deliver a keynote address at CMS’s annual meeting in September 2025. John Whyte, MD MPH is now CEO/EVP following James Madara’s retirement; Whyte previously served with WebMD and several federal agencies including CDC and HHS.
Outgoing President Bruce Scott gave an address critiquing systemic failures affecting both doctors and patients; a recording is available on the AMA website.
According to Rachelle Klammer: “Colorado’s Delegation is highly respected within our district and region of the PacWest. We have very good leadership in the Councils and our early career physicians, residents, fellows and medical students are very active and engaged. We may not be the largest Delegation with six Delegates and six Alternate Delegates, but we continue to make an impact.”
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