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ADVOCACY BEGINS WITH EXPERIENCE

Your perspective can change policy.

You see what works in care—and what gets in the way. LACMA helps bring that experience into decisions affecting patients, physicians, and practices across Los Angeles.

A single action matters. So does a lasting role. Start where you can contribute.

START HERE

What would you like to 
do first?

​There is no single route into advocacy. Choose an action that fits your time and the change you want to see.

Raise an issue

Tell LACMA what is affecting your practice or patients.

Take action

Respond to an advocacy alert on an issue that matters to you.

Build relationships

Connect with lawmakers and physician colleagues.

Represent your peers

Bring your perspective to testimony, resolutions, or a delegate role.

YOUR MEMBERSHIP AT WORK

Advocacy is working for you every day. When you choose to participate, your firsthand experience makes that work sharper and more effective.

WORK WITH PHYSICIAN PEERS

Find a council or committee that fits your focus.

These LACMA groups bring physician experience to distinct issues in Los Angeles. Explore their work and see how you can connect.

FILTER BY ISSUE
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House of Delegates

Serve as a LACMA delegate and bring Los Angeles physicians’ perspectives into statewide policy decisions. Delegates debate and vote at the annual session, while members can also shape proposals by submitting online testimony.

POLICY • LEADERSHIP
COMMUNITY HEALTH

Public Health & Equity Council

Work at the intersection of medical practice, community health, and public policy. The council focuses on evidence based approaches to access, prevention, and the conditions that affect health across Los Angeles County.

NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS
Explore the committee
THE NEXT GENERATION

Early Career Physicians Committee

Give physicians early in their careers a voice in the decisions shaping the profession they are entering. Connect with peers, build advocacy experience, and bring emerging concerns to LACMA leadership.

EARLY CAREER • LEADERSHIP
Explore the committee
ACCESS + SUSTAINABILITY

Medi-Cal Physicians Committee

Bring the realities of caring for Medi-Cal patients into conversations about reimbursement, regulation, and access. The committee connects safety net physicians with other stakeholders to identify pressures on sustainable care in Los Angeles County.

MEDI-CAL • REIMBURSEMENT
Explore the committee
REPRESENTATION + EQUITY

Women Physicians Issues & Advocacy Committee

Advance the influence of women physicians in medicine and public life. Its work spans leadership, representation, gender equity, and policy issues affecting women physicians and their patients.

LEADERSHIP • ADVOCACY
Explore the committee
LOCAL + STATE POLICY

Legislative Action Committee

Turn what physicians see in exam rooms and practices into policy priorities. Members review local, state, and national issues and advise LACMA’s board on where physician advocacy can make a difference.

POLICY • PATIENT CARE
Explore the committee

Not Sure Where you fit?​

Tell us what you care about. LACMA can point you toward a committee or a different way to contribute.​

Build Relationships
Shape Policy

A PLACE FOR EVERY VOICE

You do not need to know how the system works to start influencing it

Membership supports a stronger collective physician voice every day. When you choose to take part, your experience can make that work more informed, more relevant, and more effective.

YOUR MEMBERSHIP AT WORK

Want to help sustain the work?

LACPAC supports physician participation in the political process. Explore its work separately from LACMA’s committees and policy activities.

YOUR NEXT STEP

What do you want decision makers to understand?

Tell LACMA what you are seeing. We can help you find a practical way to make that experience count.

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