There are 19 physicians who were elected to Congress in November, including four senators and 15 representatives, the American Medical Association's Patients Action Network reported Jan. 3.
Newly elected:
- Rep. Rich McCormick, MD, R-Ga., an emergency medicine physician
- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, MD, D-Colo., a pediatrician
Reelected:
- Rep. Ami Bera, MD, D-Calif., a physician and former chief medical officer for Sacramento County
- Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, R-Ind., a cardiothoracic surgeon and former president of Evansville, Ind.-based Ohio Valley HeartCare
- Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, R-Texas, an OB-GYN
- Rep. Scott DesJarlais, MD, R-Tenn., a family medicine physician
- Rep. Neal Dunn, MD, R-Fla., urologist and founder of Panama City Urology Center
- Rep. Mark Green, MD, R-Tenn., an emergency medicine physician
- Rep. Andy Harris, MD, R-Md., an anesthesiologist
- Rep. Ronny Jackson, MD, R-Texas, a former White House physician
- Rep. John Joyce, MD, R-Pa., a dermatologist
- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, BSN, R-Iowa, an ophthalmologist
- Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., former president of Greenville, N.C.-based Eastern Urological Associates
- Rep. Raul Ruiz, MD, D-Calif., an emergency medicine physician
- Rep. Kim Schrier, MD, D-Wash., a pediatrician
- Sen. John Barrasso, MD, R-Wyo., an orthopedic surgeon
- Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., a gastroenterologist
- Sen. Roger Marshall, MD, R-Kan., an obstetrician
- Sen. Rand Paul, MD, R-Ky., an ophthalmologist