Doctors for America
| Formation | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Alice Chen Vivek Murthy Mandy Cohen |
| Type | 501c(3) |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Location |
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| Membership | 27,000+ advocates |
Executive Director | Angie Bakke |
| Website | drsforamerica.org |
Doctors for America is a 501(c)(3) national, multi-specialty activist organization of physicians and medical students in the United States with a stated goal of improving affordable health care access. The organization was created by the Obama campaign, in 2008 as "Doctors for Obama" and rapidly grew to 10,000 members within a few months. It was founded by Alice Chen, Vivek Murthy, and Mandy Cohen.
The group stated that it had a membership of 15,000 and a presence in all 50 states in October 2009.