The Indiana State Medical Association

09/12/2025

New ! On the latest The Clinic, physician life coaches Stacey Ishman, MD and Zhanna Albany, MD discuss how to find work-life balance and avoid burnout:

Physician life coaches Stacey Ishman, MD (Medical Mentor Coaching) and Zhanna Albany, MD (Sassy MD) discuss their approaches to helping physicians find work-life balance and avoid burnout.

09/12/2025

About 2,000 medical students resumed classes last month at IU School of Medicine and Marian's Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine, continuing their training to be advocates for their patients, their communities, and their profession. Good luck to our next generation of caring and trusted healers!

09/02/2025

83% of patients agree the physician-patient relationship is central to quality health care. That relationship is sacrosanct -- it's at the center of everything physicians do, and allows them to empower their patients in their health care journeys.

08/25/2025

Sneak preview podcast! On the latest The Clinic, keynote speaker Dr. Corey Martin, founder of Innovations in Resilience, discusses how to recognize and combat burnout: http://bit.ly/3JqZdYx

Registration for the second annual ISMA Wellness Symposium is open. Attendees will learn practical tools, expert insights, and supportive strategies to help build resilience, find balance, and reconnect with the inspiration and purpose of medicine.

08/25/2025

is just a month away! The convention gets underway on Friday, September 26 with the second annual Physician Wellness Symposium. Learn more and register here:

Registration for the second annual ISMA Wellness Symposium is open. Attendees will learn practical tools, expert insights, and supportive strategies to help build resilience, find balance, and reconnect with the inspiration and purpose of medicine.

08/25/2025

Patients trust physicians to help them make sound decisions about their health. One of the best decisions patients can make is to stay up to date with .

Vaccines save millions of lives each year. Two infectious diseases physicians discuss the key role they should play for the loved ones in your family.

08/20/2025

Physician-led health care teams are the bedrock of sound medicine, ensuring patients receive the highest quality care from those with the training, skills, experience and compassion to deliver it.

08/14/2025

Physicians become physicians because they’re driven to help others. By dedicating time to each patient, they provide personalized care to the patients they serve.

08/05/2025

An exam room can be a vulnerable space. reminds us the trusted relationships physicians build with patients are crucial. Physicians know that quality time spent in conversation with patients is an essential part of health care.

07/28/2025

Physicians spend years in training, residency, and fellowships to be able to provide lifesaving care. These compassionate healers are drawn to medicine to not only treat their patients, but to support them through some of life’s most difficult moments.

07/23/2025

85% of patients agree: the bond physicians form with their patients is central to health care. Health care is a team effort, and all team members play critical roles, but physicians train for years to know how to examine, diagnose and help their patients. It's why physicians choose medicine, and it's why they prioritize spending time with patients and building trusted relationships that lead to effective care and treatment.

07/14/2025

"Doctor's appointments" aren't just calendar entries.

For physicians, they're quality time -- time
to provide care, to treat, to heal, and to truly
understand and address their patients’ health
care needs.