Dr. Robert M. Wah Inaugurated as 169th President of AMA

Robert M. Wah, MD, has been sworn in as the 169th president of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Wah, the first Chinese-American president of the AMA, previously served 23 years on active duty as a captain in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps.

Currently practicing and teaching at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. , and the National Institutes of Health, also in Bethesda, Dr. Wah also serves as CMO for Computer Sciences Corporation headquartered in Falls Church, Va.

Dr. Wah previously served as a member of the AMA House of Delegates for 17 years and also as chair of the AMA's Board of Trustees from June 2011 to June 2012. He is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology

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