Urologist from Buffalo, NY re-elected to AMA Board of Trustees

CHICAGO — The American Medical Affiliation (AMA), the nation’s largest doctor group, introduced the re-election of Willie Underwood, III, M.D., M.Sc., M.P.H., a urologist primarily based in Buffalo, N.Y., to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Underwood will even function board chair from 2023-2024.

“The objectives on which the AMA was based greater than 175 years in the past— professionalism, advocacy and ethics—are as noble and worthy right now as they had been then, and I’m privileged to be part of such a proud heritage,” mentioned Dr. Underwood. “As we rebuild and get well within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, I stay up for working with my colleagues throughout drugs to advance the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians. Fixing prior authorization, reforming Medicare cost, and decreasing doctor burnout are vitally essential steps at this important second for well being care and drugs.”

Dr. Underwood has been an energetic chief in organized drugs for many years, and was first elected to the AMA Board of Trustees in 2019. He has chaired the AMA Council on Laws and the AMA Resident and Fellow Part, served as president of the Erie County New York Medical Society, and he’s an AMA Delegate from the American Urological Affiliation (AUA).

A board-certified urologist with greater than 20 years of general urologic surgical procedure expertise, together with greater than 10 years targeted on robotic urologic surgical procedure, Dr. Underwood is an knowledgeable in well being care disparities and well being care coverage. He has served on a number of nationwide and regional well being care coverage committees, together with as a board member of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Defend of New York and the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Fee.

He has additionally served as a board member and medical advisor to the Love Canal Medical Fund Inc., as a member of the AMA and Nationwide Medical Affiliation Fee to Finish Well being Care Disparities, and as a member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Training Urology Residency Assessment Committee.

Along with co-authoring greater than 120 peer-reviewed publications, guide chapters and printed abstracts, he has obtained tens of millions in analysis funding from the Nationwide Institute of Well being and holds patents within the U.S. and Japan for co-developing a biomarker for prostate most cancers. He’s the co-founder of KAPS Biotechnology LLC, which is at the moment conducting a bigger validation research of its new and novel prostate most cancers biomarker.

Dr. Underwood earned his M.D. and M.Sc. from SUNY Upstate Medical College and his M.P.H. from the College of Michigan.