| 1892: |
Founding
of Arizona Medical Association (ArMA). Founding president
- J.A. Miller. There are 9 members. |
| 1898: |
Ancil
Martin brought the first x-ray apparatus to the state
of Arizona. |
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| 1902: |
Founding
President Dr. J.A. Miller dies. Membership over 100 for
first time. 85 percent of Arizona physicians are members. |
| 1904: |
ArMA member,
Clarence E. Yount Sr., MD, in his Prescott laboratory-office
in 1904. This was a typical doctors office in the early
1900's. A former chemistry teacher, Dr. Yount did extensive
research on rabies and screwworm and reported his observations
in professional journals and before meetings of the Arizona
Medical Association. In 1907, with Dr. H.D. Thomason of
Fort Whipple, Dr. Yount gave the first spinal anesthesia
to a patient in Arizona. After serving in World War I,
Dr. Yount was elected president of ArMA in 1919. |
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| 1905: |
The
Arizona Medical Association recommended, based on a request
from the American Medical Association, supervision and
examination of school children's eyes, ears, nose and
throat annually and to include children above the first
grade. |
| 1912: |
Arizona
Medical Journal published. This was the first journal
produced exclusively for the state of Arizona. Previously,
ArMA was associated with journal collaborations involving
several state medical associations. This was a subscription
journal carrying advertisements. |
| 1916: |
Arizona
Medical Journal was discontinued and the Southwestern
Medicine was launched. ArMA members were not thrilled
with paying for the Arizona Medical Journal at the present
cost and format. New Mexico and the Southwestern Medical
and Surgical Association joined ArMA to combine journals
into a common publication with individual departments.
This provided for a cheaper, better quality journal. |
| 1917: |
The
Medical Defense Committee of ArMA was created to help
physicians being sued. |
| 1923: |
Construction
was completed of the Arizona Deaconess Hospital. The cost
was $350,000, which included the building, grounds and
equipment. The Methodist Episcopal Church was the sponsor.
The hospital was a very modern institution for the time
period, equipped throughout with the best surgical and
medical equipment. There was room for 105 patients. The
hospital was renamed the Good Samaritan Medical Center. |
| 1927: |
The
Tucson Citizen was the first daily newspaper in the U.S.
to record the ultraviolet ray intensity of the preceding
day in its weather report. The readings were from the
Desert Sanatorium, near Tucson, which was one of only
three places in the U.S. equipped with a radiometer. |
| 1933: |
A
resolution was proposed for all medical societies to petition
the American Medical Association to decrease the number
of medical graduates. (Depression years - there were too
many doctors and not enough money). Constitutional initiative
giving chiropractors a legal right to practice medicine
and surgery as a constitutional provision was defeated. The
first report of the Women's Auxiliary of ArMA printed
in Southwestern Medicine, which was the official publication
of ArMA. |
| 1936: |
Jesse
D. Hamer was one of the youngest presidents of ArMA. |
| 1941: |
The
Pinal County Medical Society was formally organized. |
| 1942: |
There
were 105 ArMA physicians serving in the Army and Navy
during World War II. This was almost 10 percent of the
1233 total physicians in the state. |
| 1944: |
Arizona
Medicine debuted. Frank J. Milloy
was the first editor-in-chief. |
| 1945: |
"Medical
Quarter Hour" - a series of radio programs entitled "American
Medicine Serves the World at War" - ran January through
February in Phoenix on KTAR |
| 1946: |
ArMA
House of Delegates authorized and set up the Arizona Blue
Shield Medical Service Plan. ArMA provided the funds to
assure a sound administration and the prompt payment of
fees to participating physicians. |
| 1952: |
"The
MD's Notebook" was the first radio presentation of its
kind in U.S.; it was a joint venture with ArMA and the
Maricopa County Medical Society in which interviews with
physicians and surgeons were broadcast. |
| 1958: |
The
artificial kidney made its first appearance in Arizona. |
| 1963: |
Arizona
Board of Regents appointed the first dean to the University
of Arizona College of Medicine. |
| 1964: |
After
two and a half years of research, a team of heart surgeons
in Tucson developed a pump that allowed short term replacement
of the heart during surgery. This discovery was significant
as it took science one step closer to replacing faulty
hearts with artificial ones. |
| 1970: |
The
new central state headquarters was completed, which is
the current site. |
| 1975: |
"Physician
for a Day" was started - physicians volunteer to spend
a day at the state legislature to see how everything runs
and to meet their own senators and representatives. |
| 1980: |
ArMA member Dan
Cloud, MD was elected American Medical Association president. |
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| 1985: |
Arizona
Medicine ceased publication in the current form at and merged
with the Western Journal of Medicine to create a special
Arizona edition. A specific socioeconomic type of journal
named Arizona Medicine was to be developed. The problem
with association publications had been a lack of monetary
support. |
| 1986: |
ArMA
Financial Services, Inc. was created to provide a variety
of cost effective financial services to members. |
| 1990: |
Arizona
Medicine separated from the Western Journal of Medicine
to be published on its own. This is the current association
publication, except that it is currently named AZ Med.
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| 1992: |
ArMA
vice president Jacqueline A. Chadwick
became the first woman president of the Arizona Medical
Association. |
| 1995: |
Marilyn
K. Laughead, MD became the second woman president of ArMA. |
| 1997: |
Web
site was created in June. ArMA joined the growing internet,
allowing members and non-members alike to access information
about the association. |
| 2000: |
HB2600, Managed Care Reform Act, passed
in April. This was a big step in patient advocacy. Click
here to download a PDF copy of ArMA's legislative
special report on HB 2600. |
| 2004: |
ArMA launched "Will Care Be There," a campaign seeking aggressive tort reform. A rally in Phoenix was co-sponsored by the Maricopa County Medical Society, and another in Tucson was co-sponsored by the Pima County Medical Society. |
| 2006: |
ArMA's tort reform efforts were rewarded with the passage of an expert witness bill, the affidavit of merit statute, "I'm Sorry" legislation, and changes to the state's vulnerable adults statutes which protected more than 90 percent of physicians from litigation under this statute with its draconian penalties. |
| 2009: |
In 2008 and 2009, ArMA served on an AMICUS process in a case that challenged the constitutionality of the expert witness statute, ARS 12-2604. The Arizona Supreme Court held that ARS 12-2604 was substantive and did not violate the separation of powers doctrine, effectively reinstating the expert witness qualifications statute. |
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