At least 15 physician lawmakers will serve in Congress after the Nov. 5 election, with the possibility of three more in races currently too close to call, Medscape Medical News reported Nov. 7.
Here's a breakdown of how physician lawmakers fared:
House of Representatives:
There were three newly elected physician lawmakers to the House: Maxine Dexter, MD, an Oregon pulmonologist, Kelly Morrison, MD, a Minnesota obstetrician-gynecologist and Herb Conaway, MD, a New Jersey primary care physician.
Amish Shah, DO, an emergency and sports medicine physician is another newcomer in a too-close-to-call race in Arizona.
Two incumbent physician representatives are also awaiting final results in their races: Yadira Caraveo, a pediatrician in Colorado, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, an ophthalmologist in Iowa.
There were 11 other incumbent physician representatives who were reelected to their seats in Congress: Ami Bera, MD, a California internal Medicine physician; Scott DesJarlais, MD, a Tennessee primary care physician; Neal Dunn, MD, a Florida urologist; Mark Green, MD, a Tennessee emergency medicine; Andy Harris, MD, a Maryland anesthesiologist; Ronny Jackson, MD, a Texas emergency medicine physician; John Joyce, MD, a Pennsylvania dermatologist; Rich McCormick, MD, a Georgia emergency medicine physician; Greg Murphy, MD, a North Carolina urologist; Raul Ruiz, MD, a California emergency medicine physician, and Kim Scrier, MD, a Washington pediatrician.
Senate:
John Barrasso, MD, a Wyoming orthopedic surgeon, is an incumbent who was re-elected to his seat. The other three physician senators, representing Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana, were not up for re-election this year.