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Percy Wootton

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Education
  
Lynchburg College

Role
  
Medical practitioner

Name
  
Percy Wootton

Succeeded by
  
Nancy Dickey


Alma mater
  
Lynchburg College (B.S. 1953; DSc 1998) Medical College of Virginia (M.D. 1957)

Profession
  
Cardiologist Clinical Professor of Medicine (MCV)

Residence
  
Richmond, Virginia, United States

Preceded by
  
Daniel H. Johnson, Jr.

Percy Wootton is an American cardiologist. In June 1997, he became president of the American Medical Association, after having served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1996. Wootton was a clinical professor of medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Education

Wootton earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Lynchburg College in 1953.

He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University in 1957. In medical school, he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Wootton returned to Lynchburg College to pursue a Doctorate of Sciences, which he earned in 1998.

Offices held

  • President, American Medical Association 1997-1998
  • Board of Trustees Member, American Medical Association 1991-1996
  • Board of Trustees Member, Lynchburg College
  • President, Richmond Academy of Medicine
  • President, The Medical Society of Virginia
  • President, The Richmond Area Heart Association
  • President, The Virginia Heart Association

    • Awards & honors

  • Outstanding Alumnus Award, Medical College of Virginia, 1996
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians
  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology

    • References

    Percy Wootton Wikipedia
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