Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 
Wednesday, Sept. 25 to Friday, Sept. 27, 2002

The Minnesota Medical Association held the MMA 2002 Annual Meeting from Sept. 25 to 27 in Brooklyn Park, Minn. MMA members and delegates came from across the state to attend.

The meeting, the 149th in the MMA's history, featured meetings of the MMA House of Delegates and reference committees, MEDPAC's Annual Meeting, component medical society caucuses, the AMA Delegation meeting, an awards presentation, and the inauguration of the new MMA president.
Attendees elected the MMA's new officers and voted on reports and resolutions offered. Action was taken on more than 40 resolutions.

MMA 2002 Annual Meeting Handbook

The MMA 2002 Annual Meeting Handbook is a useful guide for the 2002 MMA Annual Meeting of the MMA House of Delegates. (The handbook is available in PDF format and Acrobat Reader is required to open it. Acrobat Reader is available for Mac and Windows).

MMA 2002 Annual Meeting Handbook

Reports and Resolutions

Read the reports and resolutions to the MMA House of Delegates. Resolutions had to be submitted by members of the House of Delegates, members of the Board of Trustees, component medical societies, specialty societies represented on the Council of Specialty Society Presidents, committees or sections of the association.

2002 Proceedings

Reports

Resolutions

Elections

Delegates elected MMA officers and the Minnesota delegation to the American Medical Association. The MMA Board of Trustees accepted a slate of nominees from the Nominating Committee, but nominations remained open through the first session of the MMA House of Delegates. To learn more about the nominees, read the Election Guide, which is available in PDF format.

Twin Cities Physician Inaugurated New MMA President
Rochester Physician Elected Chair Of MMA Board
MMA Elects New Officers, AMA Delegates
Election Guide

Awards

Awards were presented at the MMA Awards Lunch. The awards available included the Community Service Award, "Stop The Violence" Award, Physician Communicator Award, Excellence in Medical Journalism Award, Sova Award, the MMA Medical Student Section's Medical Student Award, and Minority Service Award.

Rochester Physician Receives MMA Communicator Award
Minneapolis Reporter Awarded MMA Journalism Award
Abuse Prevention Advocate Receives 'Stop The Violence' Award
Twin Cities Volunteer Presented With MMA Sova Award
Twin Cities Physician Presented With MMA's Minority Affairs Award
Two Physicians Receive Community Service Award
Four Physicians Receive MMA President's Award
U Student Receives MMA's Medical Student Award
Brainerd Legislator Honored by Minnesota Physicians
Faribault Legislator Honored by Minnesota Physicians
Lake Elmo Legislator Honored by Minnesota Physicians
Staples Legislator Honored by Minnesota Physicians
Aurora Family Physician Inducted Into MMA's Fifty Club