National Physicians Alliance
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| Motto | Service, Integrity and Advocacy |
| Formation | 2005 |
| Type | professional association |
| Headquarters | Reston, Virginia |
| Location |  United States |
| Membership | 10,000 physicians |
| President | Lydia Vaias, MD |
| Key people | Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD |
| Website | npalliance.org |
The National Physicians Alliance (NPA) is a national, multi-specialty medical organization founded in 2005 by former leaders of the American Medical Student Association. The primary goal of the NPA is re-establish the professionalism in medicine through “service, integrity, and advocacy.”
The National Physicians Alliance has a membership of approximately 10,000 physicians. Membership is limited to physicians (MD and DO) in the United States. The NPA is a 501c(6) organization based in Reston, Virginia. The NPA Foundation, a 501c(3) entity, was established in 2007. The NPA does not accept money from the pharmaceutical industry.
The NPA was founded in part in response to criticism that professional medical organizations, particularly the AMA, act as physician guilds, primarily serving the economic interests of physicians rather than patients and public health. To ensure that the NPA continues to work on behalf of patients, the organizational structure includes a Council of Consumers, consisting of patient advocacy organizations to advise the NPA Board.
The current president of the NPA is Lydia Vaias, MD, a general surgeon in California. The Executive Director is Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD.
[edit] See also
- Health care reform
- Physicians for a National Health Program
- Single-payer health care
- United States National Health Insurance Act
- Universal health care
[edit] External links
- National Physicians Alliance (NPA) official site
- 2008 Presidential Candidate Health Plan Report Card issued by the National Physicians Alliance
