Rege4CMS

13/06/2022

Sheila has been a mentor for me. Sheila has the knowledge that we need to continue in CMS. Sheila is an outstanding physician that cares for others. Please vote to re-elect Rege for CMS.
-Ricardo Correa

08/05/2022

As many of our elderly mothers have had a significant lifestyle change during COVID, reaching out to wish everyone today! Hope all families were able to be together to celebrate!

07/05/2022

I cannot wait to see everyone in person. Just got the registration link for https://www.ama-assn.org/house-delegates/annual-meeting/2022-annual-meeting-ama-house-delegates!

The Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates will take place June 10-15, 2022 in Chicago. Advance registration Advance registration online is required for all attendees of all section and House of Delegates meetings including guests and children. This includes HOD delegates and alternate delegat...

06/05/2022

https://sheilaregemd.com

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06/05/2022

Passion for advocating

06/05/2022

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Read the candidate profile for Sheila Rege, MD, who is running for the Council on Medical Service at the 2022 Annual Meeting elections.

02/05/2022

02/05/2022

Mentorship and friendship is her characteristic

02/05/2022

Increasing Medical School Debt

According to an AAMC report, the cost of non-resident tuition mushroomed from an average of $25,000/year to $60,000/year between 1997 and 2016 (non resident tuition). This may increase the growing shortage of primary-care physicians as medical students opt for higher-paying specialties. While our AMA works to reduce the number of years of physician training, we need more solutions to this problem. With their much-shorter education requirements, more college students with an interest in medicine are choosing to become PAs or APRNs.

02/05/2022

Scope of Practice Issues

The authority of CRNAs has been a hot-button issue for our colleagues within American Society of Anesthesiologists as APRNs make other incursions throughout medicine in the states. Meanwhile, the VA’s pursuit of the nurse-only model may be the first of many aggressive new challenges that we will see that will test the notion of physician-led care. This affects employed and non-employed physicians equally because we all face autonomy and decision-making challenges if the team is led by a non-physician. We need to be vigilant to protect patient safety as efforts to lower health care costs turn increasingly to expansion of scope for non-physicians.

02/05/2022

Stress and Work/Life Balance Issues

It has always been tough to avoid burnout given the high pressure we operate in when we make life-altering decisions on a constant basis. Being held accountable for issues we cannot control only adds to this stress. We need practicing physicians with real-life experiences in the clinic to lead the way with these new models being tested.