Percy Wootton

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.

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, 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