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BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
WMA COUNCIL MEMBERS
Name: ARDIS DEE HOVEN, MD
Title: IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Date of birth: 08/01/1944
Nationality: USA
Name of WMA Constituent
Member (Medical Association): AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Position within Medical Association: IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Other organizations: KENTUCKY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
LEXINGTON MEDICAL SOCIETY
Main field of work: PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZED MEDICINE
Career: Lexington Clinic, Lexington, Kentucky
August 1975 – April 2000 Private Practice
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
September 1975 – July 1983 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
September 1975 – April 2000 Hospital Epidemiologist
Saint Joseph Hospital East, Lexington, Kentucky
September 1991 – April 2000 Hospital Epidemiologist
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
April 2000 – Present Professor of Medicine
American Medical Association
June 2012 – President Elect; June 2013 – President;
June 2014 – Immediate Past President
Education: Internship: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
July 1970- June 1971
Residency: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
July 1971- June 1973
Fellowship: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
July 1973- June 1975 (Infectious Disease)
Interests: Clinical Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology; Public Health Policy;
Quality Metrics and Outcomes in Healthcare
Special interest within the WMA (Please also kindly advise which committees you would participate
among Medical Ethics Committee, Finance and Planning Committee, and Socio-Medical Affairs Committee.
According to the WMA Procedures and Operating Policies (POP/Apr2012-3.5.1), each member of the Council
must be prepared to serve on at least one and not more than two of the Standing Committees.) :
Finance and Planning Committee; Socio-Medical Affairs Committee;
Leadership Development; Infectious Disease and Related Issues
Address: 330 N. WABASH AVENUE, SUITE 3900
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611-5885
Telephone: 312-464-5618
Fax: 312-464-4094
E-mail: ardis.hoven@ama-assn.org
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MARCH 15, 2013 TO THE WMA SECRETARIAT
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