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Announcing UAPD’s 17th Triennial Convention
When doctors and other health professionals join together for the common good of their profession, patients, and their communities, it is noteworthy. When they work together to accomplish these goals to improve society for a half century, it is extraordinary. I am...
Message from UAPD President on National Doctors’ Day, March 30
Dear UAPD Colleagues: As we celebrate National Doctors' Day, which began in 1933, I want to express my appreciation to all of you for what you have done with your life and career as a doctor. All of us have given so much of our time and effort for the well-being of...
UAPD Meets with Governor Gavin Newsom
Pictured from left to right: Willie Pelote, UAPD Political Consultant; Doug Chiappetta, UAPD Executive Director; Governor Gavin Newsom; Stuart Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President Governor Gavin Newsom visited the Union of American Physicians and Dentists' (UAPD)...
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