Neurosurgeon Peter W. Carmel Inaugurated as AMA President

Peter W. Carmel, M.D., a pediatric neurosurgeon practicing in Newark, N.J., was inaugurated June 21 as the 166th president of the American Medical Association (AMA).

Dr. Carmel has served in numerous positions in both the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). For 17 years, Dr. Carmel was a CNS representative in the House of Delegates, the AMA’s primary policy-making body. He received the AANS Distinguished Service Award 2008.

For additional information visit American Medical News at https://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/news/news/carmel-named-president.page.