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Originally Published MDDI December 2001

NEWS & ANALYSIS

New CEO Named by AMA

In November, the American Medical Association (AMA) selected Michael D. Maves, MD, MBA, as its new executive vice president and CEO. Maves will assume leadership of the group on January 15, 2002.

The new AMA CEO served as executive vice president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Inc. from 1994 to 1999. He also headed the Consumer Healthcare Products Association in Washington, DC.

Maves was a member of the initial AMA Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Update Committee and has testified before Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and FDA. In addition, he is a consultant to the clinical center at the National Institutes of Health. He currently co-chairs the medical/surgical panel of the CMS Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee.

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