Today, as part of the annual Medical-Legal Partnership Summit, the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership presented the 2010 MLP Leadership Award to Representatives Christopher S. Murphy (CT-5) and Henry A. Waxman (CA-30) for their leadership on the “Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act.” The award recognizes an individual’s longtime leadership in promoting the health of vulnerable Americans.
Representative Christopher S. Murphy (CT-5) with Dr. Megan Sandel (l) & Ellen Lawton (r) from NCMLP.
Representative Murphy accepted his award during MLP Capitol Hill Day. Ruth Katz, Chief Public Health Council for the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, accepted the award on Representative Henry Waxman’s behalf during the ABA Sponsored MLP Briefing, “Medical-Legal Partnership: Impacting Patients, Transforming Medicine”.