Pauline P. Huynh, MD

Pauline Huynh, MD, is proud to serve as a member of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees (BOT). A daughter of Vietnamese immigrants and a first-generation physician, Dr. Huynh brings a values-driven perspective to the AMA-BOT that she grounds in public service, equity and policy engagement.

Her policy interests in equitable access to care, migrant health disparities, and cost transparency, are rooted in personal and family experiences. These interests were strengthened during her undergraduate years at the University of Southern California and medical education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she developed both a heightened understanding of the role systemic inequities play in healthcare and a keen interest in shaping health policy to drive change. During medical school, Dr. Huynh completed a one-year digital health fellowship at the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, where she focused on mobile health innovations for clinical data capture and patient education. She then completed her otolaryngology residency at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center and now pursues fellowship training in laryngology at the Oregon Health & Science University.

Since her first year of medical school, Dr. Huynh has held numerous roles across the AMA, including serving as chair of the AMA Resident and Fellow Section, as the section delegate of the AMA Medical Student Section, as a delegate to the House of Delegates, and as a councilor on the AMA Council on Constitution and Bylaws. Throughout her tenure, she has championed issues of workforce protection, the patient-physician relationship, payment reform, access to care and health equity.

Beyond the AMA, Dr. Huynh has contributed to national and local health policy through her involvement in state medical societies in California and Maryland and through her work with the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). She has received recognition of her leadership and advocacy efforts, including the AAO-HNS Holt Leadership for Resident and Fellows in Training and the AAO-HNS Women in Otolaryngology Exemplary Senior Trainee Award.

2026–2027

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