List of presidents of the American Medical Association

Last updated September 08, 2023

List of presidents of the American Medical Association (founded 1847):^[1]

Nathaniel Chapman, 1847–48
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens, 1848–49
John Collins Warren, 1849–50
Reuben D. Mussey, 1850–51
James Moultrie, 1851–52
Beverly R. Wellford, 1852–53
Jonathan Knight, 1853–54
Charles A. Pope, 1854–55
George Bacon Wood, 1855–56
Zina Pitcher, 1856–57
Paul F. Eve, 1857–58
Harvey Lindsly, 1858–59
Henry Miller, 1859–60
Eli Ives, 1860–61
Alden March, 1863–64
Nathan Smith Davis, 1864–66
David Humphreys Storer, 1866–67
Henry F. Askew, 1867–68
Samuel D. Gross, 1868–69
William O. Baldwin, 1869–70
George Mendenhall, 1870–71
Alfred Stillé, 1871–72
D. W. Yandell, 1872–73
Thomas M. Logan, 1873–74
Joseph M. Toner, 1874–75
W. K. Bowling, 1875–76
J. Marion Sims, 1876–77
Henry I. Bowditch, 1877–78
T. G. Richardson, 1878–79
Theophilus Parvin, 1879–80
Lewis Sayre, 1880–81
John T. Hodgen, 1881–82
Joseph Janvier Woodward, 1882–83
John Light Atlee, 1883–84
Austin Flint I, 1884–85
H. F. Campbell, 1885–86
William Brodie, 1886–87
E. H. Gregory, 1887–88
Y. P. Garnett, 1888–89
W. W. Dawson, 1889–80
E. M. Moore, 1890–91
W. T. Briggs, 1891–92
H. O. Marcy, 1892–93
Hunter McGuire, 1893–94
James F. Hibberd, 1894–95
Donald MacLean, 1885–96
R. Beverly Cole, 1896–97
Nicholas Senn, 1897–98
George Miller Sternberg, 1898–99
J. M. Mathews, 1899–1900
W. W. Keen, 1900–01
C. A. L. Reed, 1901–02
John Allan Wyeth, 1902–03
Frank Billings, 1903–04
John Herr Musser, 1904–05
L. S. McMurtry, 1905–06
William James Mayo, 1906–07
Joseph D. Bryant, 1907–08
H. L. Burrell, 1908–09
William C. Gorgas, 1909–10
William H. Welch, 1910–11
John Benjamin Murphy, 1911–12
Abraham Jacobi, 1912–13
John A. Witherspoon, 1913–14
Victor C. Vaughan, 1914–15
William L. Rodman, 1915
Albert Vander Veer (vice president), 1915–16
Rupert Blue, 1916–17
Charles Horace Mayo, 1917–18
Arthur D. Bevan, 1918–19
Alexander Lambert, 1919–20
William Clarence Braisted, 1920–21
Hubert Work, 1921–22
George de Schweinitz, 1922–23
Ray Lyman Wilbur, 1923–24
William Allen Pusey, 1924–25
William D. Haggard, 1925–26
Wendell C. Phillips, 1926–27
Jabez N. Jackson, 1927–28
William W. Thayer, 1928–29
Malcolm L. Harris, 1929–30
William Gerry Morgan, 1930–31
E. Starr Judd, 1931–32
Edward H. Cary, 1932–33
Dean D. Lewis, 1933–34
Walter L. Bierring, 1934–35
James S. McLester, 1935–36
James Tate Mason, 1936
Charles Gordon Heyd, 1936–37
J. H. J. Upham, 1937–38
Irvin Abell, 1938–39
Rock Sleyster, 1939–40
Nathan B. Van Etten, 1940–41
Frank H. Lahey, 1941–42
Fred W. Rankin, 1942–43
James E. Paullin, 1943–44
Herman L. Kretschmer, 1944–45
Roger I. Lee, 1945–46
H. H. Shoulders, 1946–47
Edward L. Bortz, 1947–48
Roscoe L. Sensenich, 1948–49
Ernest E. Irons, 1949–50
Elmer L. Henderson, 1950–51
John W. Cline, 1951–52
Louis H. Bauer, 1952–53
Edward J. McCormick, 1953–54
Walter B. Martin, 1954–55
Elmer Hess, 1955–56
Dwight H. Murray, 1956–57
David B. Allman, 1957–58
Gunnar Gundersen, 1958–59
Louis M. Orr, 1959–60^[2]^[3]
E. Vincent Askey, 1960–61
Leonard W. Larson, 1961–62
George M. Fister, 1962–63
Edward R. Annis, 1963–64
Norman A. Welch, 1964
Donovan F. Ward (vice president), 1964–65
James Z. Appel, 1965–66
Charles L. Hudson, 1966–67
Milford O. Rouse, 1967–68
Dwight Locke Wilbur, 1968–69
Gerald D. Dorman, 1969–70
W. C Bornemeier, 1970–71
Wesley W. Hall, 1971–72
C. A. Hoffman, 1972–72
Russell B. Roth, 1973–74
Malcolm C. Todd, 1974–75
Max H. Parrott, 1975–76
Richard E. Palmer, 1976–77
John H. Budd, 1977–78
Thomas E. Nesbitt, 1978–79
Hoyt D. Gardner, 1979–80
Robert B. Hunter, 1980–81
Daniel T. Cloud, 1981–82
William Y. Rial, 1982–83
Frank J. Jirka Jr., 1983–84
Joseph F. Boyle, 1984–85
Harrison L. Rogers, Jr., 1985–86
John J. Coury, Jr., 1986–87
William S. Hotchkiss, 1987–88
James E. Davis, 1988–89
Alan R. Nelson, 1989–90
C. John Tupper, 1990–91
John J. Ring, 1991–92
John L. Clowe, 1992–93
Joseph T. Painter, 1993–94
Robert E. McAfee, 1994–95
Lonnie R. Bristow, 1995–96
Daniel H. Johnson, Jr., 1996–97
Percy Wootton, 1997–98
Nancy Dickey, 1998–99
Thomas Reardon, 1999–2000
Randolph D. Smoak, Jr., 2000–01
Richard F. Corlin, 2001–02
Yank D. Coble, Jr., 2002–03
Donald J. Palmisano, 2003–04
John C. Nelson, 2004–05
J. Edward Hill, 2005–06
William G. Plested, III, 2006–07
Ronald M. Davis, 2007–08
Nancy H. Nielsen, 2008–09
J. James Rohack, 2009–10
Cecil B. Wilson, 2010–11
Peter W. Carmel, 2011–12
Jeremy A. Lazarus, 2012–13
Ardis Dee Hoven, 2013–14
Robert M. Wah, 2014–15
Steven J. Stack, 2015–16
Andrew W. Gurman, 2016–17
David O. Barbe, 2017–18
Barbara L. McAneny, 2018–2019
Patrice Harris, 2019–2020
Susan R. Bailey, 2020-2021
Gerald E. Harmon, 2021-2022
Jack Resneck, Jr., 2022-2023
Jesse Ehrenfeld, 2023-present

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↑ "Full List of Annual Meetings and Presidents". American Medical Association. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015. (list from 1847 to 2016)
↑ "Obituary: Louis M. Orr, M.D". British Medical Journal. 2 (5244): 116–117. 1961. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5244.116-a. PMC 1969034 .
↑ "Dr. Louis M. Orr – President-elect". Journal of the American Medical Association. 167 (10): 1249. 1958. doi:10.1001/jama.1958.02990270055012 . Retrieved 28 January 2014.

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[1] "Full List of Annual Meetings and Presidents". American Medical Association. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015. (list from 1847 to 2016)

[2] "Obituary: Louis M. Orr, M.D". British Medical Journal. 2 (5244): 116–117. 1961. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5244.116-a. PMC 1969034 .

[3] "Dr. Louis M. Orr – President-elect". Journal of the American Medical Association. 167 (10): 1249. 1958. doi:10.1001/jama.1958.02990270055012 . Retrieved 28 January 2014.

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v t e Presidents of the American Medical Association
1847–1875	Nathaniel Chapman (1847–1848) Alexander Hodgdon Stevens (1848–1849) John Collins Warren (1849–1850) Reuben D. Mussey (1850–1851) James Moultrie (1851–1852) Beverly R. Wellford (1852–1853) Jonathan Knight (1853–1854) Charles A. Pope (1854–1855) George Bacon Wood (1855–1856) Zina Pitcher (1856–1857) Paul F. Eve (1857–1858) Harvey Lindsly (1858–1859) Henry Miller (1859–1860) Eli Ives (1860–1861) Alden March (1863–1864) Nathan Smith Davis (1864–1866) David Humphreys Storer (1866–1867) Henry F. Askew (1867–1868) Samuel D. Gross (1868–1869) William O. Baldwin (1869–1870) George Mendenhall (1870–1871) Alfred Stillé (1871–1872) D. W. Yandell (1872–1873) Thomas M. Logan (1873–1874) Joseph M. Toner (1874–1875)
1875–1900	W. K. Bowling (1875–1876) J. Marion Sims (1876–1877) Henry I. Bowditch (1877–1878) T. G. Richardson (1878–1879) Theophilus Parvin (1879–1880) Lewis Sayre (1880–1881) John T. Hodgen (1881–1882) Joseph Janvier Woodward (1882–1883) John Light Atlee (1883–1884) Austin Flint I (1884–1885) H. F. Campbell (1885–1886) William Brodie (1886–1887) E. H. Gregory (1887–1888) A. Y. P. Garnett (1888–1889) W. W. Dawson (1889–1890) E. M. Moore (1890–1891) W. T. Briggs (1891–1892) H. O. Marcy (1892–1893) Hunter McGuire (1893–1894) James F. Hibberd (1894–1895) Donald MacLean, 1885–1896) R. Beverly Cole (1896–1897) Nicholas Senn (1897–1898) George Miller Sternberg (1898–1899) J. M. Mathews (1899–1900)
1900–1925	William Williams Keen (1900–1901) C. A. L. Reed (1901–1902) John Allan Wyeth (1902–1903) Frank Billings (1903–1904) John Herr Musser (1904–1905) L. S. McMurtry (1905–1906) William James Mayo (1906–1907) Joseph D. Bryant (1907–1908) H. L. Burrell (1908–1909) William C. Gorgas (1909–1910) William H. Welch (1910–1911) John Benjamin Murphy (1911–1912) Abraham Jacobi (1912–1913) John A. Witherspoon (1913–1914) Victor C. Vaughan (1914–1915) William L. Rodman (1915) Albert Vander Veer (vice president) (1915–1916) Rupert Blue (1916–1917) Charles Horace Mayo (1917–1918) Arthur D. Bevan (1918–1919) Alexander Lambert (1919–1920) William Clarence Braisted (1920–1921) Hubert Work (1921–1922) George de Schweinitz (1922–1923) Ray Lyman Wilbur (1923–1924) William Allen Pusey (1924–1925)
1925–1950	William D. Haggard (1925–1926) Wendell C. Phillips (1926–1927) Jabez N. Jackson (1927–1928) William W. Thayer (1928–1929) Malcolm L. Harris (1929–1930) William Gerry Morgan (1930–1931) E. Starr Judd (1931–1932) Edward H. Cary (1932–1933) Dean D. Lewis (1933–1934) Walter L. Bierring (1934–1935) James S. McLester (1935–1936) James Tate Mason (1936) Charles G. Heyd (1936–1937) J. H. J. Upham (1937–1938) Irvin Abell (1938–1939) Rock Sleyster (1939–1940) Nathan B. Van Etten (1940–1941) Frank Lahey (1941–1942) Fred W. Rankin (1942–1943) James E. Paullin (1943–1944) Herman L. Kretschmer (1944–1945) Roger I. Lee (1945–1946) H. H. Shoulders (1946–1947) Edward L. Bortz (1947–1948) Roscoe L. Sensenich (1948–1949) Ernest E. Irons (1949–1950)
1950–1975	Elmer L. Henderson (1950–1951) John W. Cline (1951–1952) Louis H. Bauer (1952–1953) Edward J. McCormick (1953–1954) Walter B. Martin (1954–1955) Elmer Hess (1955–1956) Dwight H. Murray (1956–1957) David B. Allman (1957–1958) Gunnar Gundersen (1958–1959) Louis M. Orr (1959–1960) E. Vincent Askey (1960–1961) Leonard W. Larson (1961–1962) George M. Fister (1962–1963) Edward R. Annis (1963–1964) Norman A. Welch (1964) Donovan F. Ward (vice president) (1964–1965) James Z. Appel (1965–1966) Charles L. Hudson (1966–1967) Milford O. Rouse (1967–1968) Dwight Locke Wilbur (1968–1969) Gerald D. Dorman (1969–1970) W. C. Bornemeier (1970–1971) Wesley W. Hall (1971–1972) C. A. Hoffman (1972–1972) Russell B. Roth (1973–1974) Malcolm C. Todd (1974–1975)
1975–2000	Max H. Parrott (1975–1976) Richard E. Palmer (1976–1977) John H. Budd (1977–1978) Thomas E. Nesbitt (1978–1979) Hoyt D. Gardner (1979–1980) Robert B. Hunter (1980–1981) Daniel T. Cloud, 1981–1982) William Y. Rial (1982–1983) Frank J. Jirka Jr. (1983–1984) Joseph F. Boyle (1984–1985) Harrison L. Rogers Jr. (1985–1986) John J. Coury Jr. (1986–1987) William S. Hotchkiss (1987–1988) James E. Davis (1988–1989) Alan R. Nelson (1989–1990) C. John Tupper (1990–1991) John J. Ring (1991–1992) John L. Clowe (1992–1993) Joseph T. Painter (1993–1994) Robert E. McAfee (1994–1995) Lonnie R. Bristow (1995–1996) Daniel H. Johnson Jr. (1996–1997) Percy Wootton (1997–1998) Nancy Dickey (1998–1999) Thomas Reardon (1999–2000)
2000–	Randolph D. Smoak Jr. (2000–2001) Richard F. Corlin (2001–2002) Yank D. Coble Jr. (2002–2003) Donald J. Palmisano (2003–2004) John C. Nelson (2004–2005) J. Edward Hill (2005–2006) William G. Plested III (2006–2007) Ronald M. Davis (2007–2008) Nancy H. Nielsen (2008–2009) J. James Rohack (2009–2010) Cecil B. Wilson (2010–2011) Peter W. Carmel (2011–2012) Jeremy A. Lazarus (2012–2013) Ardis Dee Hoven (2013–2014) Robert M. Wah (2014–2015) Steven J. Stack (2015–2016) Andrew W. Gurman (2016–2017) David O. Barbe (2017–2018) Barbara L. McAneny (2018–2019) Patrice Harris (2019–2020) Susan R. Bailey (2020–2021) Gerald E. Harmon (2021–2022) Jack Resneck Jr. (2022–2023) Jesse Ehrenfeld (2023–)