Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., M.P.H, an anesthesiologist from Wisconsin, was voted president-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA) by physicians gathered at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Following a year-long term as president-elect, Ehrenfeld will be installed as AMA president in June 2023.
Ehrenfeld is the first openly gay person to be AMA president-elect.
"I am honored to be elected by my peers to represent the nation's physicians and the patients we serve," said Ehrenfeld in a statement. "It is a pivotal and challenging time for medicine, physicians and our health system, and as president-elect, I am committed to advancing the AMA's immediate goals around the Recovery Plan for America's Physicians, as well as the longer-term advocacy efforts aimed at shaping the future of medicine and improving the health of the nation."
Currently, Ehrenfeld is a practicing anesthesiologist, senior associate dean and tenured professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he leads the largest statewide health philanthropy, the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment. Ehrenfeld is also an adjunct professor of anesthesiology and health policy at Vanderbilt University as well as adjunct professor of surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland.
He is a combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan during both Operation Enduring Freedom and Resolute Support Mission. He and his husband, Judd Taback, live in Milwaukee with their son.
