A Letter from the President Dear Fellow Diplomates & Members: I am proud and humbled to have served as your President of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc (AAPS). I have had the great fortune to serve alongside some of the greatest physicians I have known that I now consider dear friends. We have navigated the organization through some challenging times alongside our Tampa leadership and staff, and I am so grateful that we have come out ahead. Thanks to our collaborative efforts I can now leave the Terrance Lee Baker, MD, MS, FAAEP
position knowing that together we have built a stronger more stable organization.
Over the past year, we have ended the litigation that so long overshadowed the brilliant work our colleagues have been doing. We have advanced awareness and recognition of our boards of certification and strengthened our financial future through strongly established strategies where we stayed the course. The Tampa leadership, Staff and our Diplomate volunteers seamlessly worked together to ensure a better future. We have come together during our country’s greatest healthcare crisis in a century to push on higher levels of patient safety and care through the establishment of suggested treatment protocols, the Essential Workers Bill of Rights and our continuing efforts with national leaders during this pandemic.
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Exceeding the Vision 2019-2020 Annual Report
