Nancy Dickey

Nancy Dickey (born September 10, 1950) is an American physician. She was the first female president of the American Medical Association (AMA), serving in 1997–98. Previously she had served as chair of the board of trustees of the AMA and chaired its Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. For eleven years she was president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, the first woman to hold that position. on a family farm. Her parents were Ed and Mary Wilson. When she was 9 years old her family moved to Sacramento, California; five years later they moved to Katy, Texas, near Houston. She earned bachelor's degrees in psychology and sociology from Stephen F. Austin State University. A high school counselor had told her it was impossible to be a physician and have a family too, but her husband Frank said "go for it" and encouraged her to go to medical school. In 2013-2014 she was a Senior Scholar for the Association of Academic Health Centers.

In 2010 she was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame.

She is married with three children.