October

How can we help ensure healthcare policy reflects the needs of patients and communities? Doctors for America’s new Candidate Toolkit is a nonpartisan civic engagement resource designed to help voters ask candidates for local, state, and federal office meaningful questions about healthcare.

 

Covering issues ranging from insurance affordability, Medicaid coverage, and prescription drug costs, to healthcare consolidation, vaccination, and physician autonomy, this worklist helps turn broad campaign promises into specific questions about policy, implementation, and accountability.

 

We encourage our members to use and share this resource to help patients, families, and communities engage with candidates.

Products containing kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) are increasingly easy to find at gas stations, smoke shops, and convenience stores, often with little oversight and persuasive marketing. Join us for a discussion of this emerging landscape and what it means for patients and clinicians. In this webinar, we will examine the regulatory, marketing, and public-health policies shaping access to these products.

Doctors for America members have valuable clinical and scientific expertise to contribute to decisions that shape public health. The FDA is accepting nominations on a rolling basis for individuals to serve as voting members of its standing public advisory committees and panels, which provide independent expert advice on scientific, technical, and policy matters. Physicians and other medical professionals with relevant expertise are encouraged to consider applying or nominating a qualified colleague.

The deadline for priority consideration for current and near-term vacancies is November 30, 2026. Self-nominations are welcome. Applicants should identify the committee they wish to serve on and submit a current CV or resume through the FDA’s Advisory Committee Membership Nomination Portal, selecting “Academician/Practitioner” as the membership type. Nominees must meet applicable eligibility requirements and be prepared to provide information for ethics and conflict-of-interest review if selected. 

All of our past Advocacy Grand Round sessions can be viewed on DFA's website or YouTube. Revisit key learnings available as recorded content for flexible, ongoing education. CME surveys can be found in the video description on YouTube.