First Nurse to Lead New York Medical Association

By Roni Robbins

For the first time in its 175-year history, a nurse will lead the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM). Ann Kurth, PhD, MSN, CNM, dean of the Yale School of Nursing, will be the first nonphysician president of NYAM, which promotes innovation in public health and health inequity.

Medscape Medical News spoke with Kurth, an epidemiologist and certified nurse midwife, to talk about this historic leadership change and what it means to nurses and the medical community.

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