CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s premiere physician organization, announced the election of Pauline Huynh, M.D., an otolaryngology resident at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, to its Board of Trustees Resident and Fellow seat.
“I am honored to be chosen by my colleagues to represent them on the AMA Board of Trustees,” said Dr. Huynh. “I look forward to working with the rest of our Board to ensure that the AMA remains a relentless yet nimble force in safeguarding our patients, our profession, and the sanctity of science and public health. Our unified voice is needed on critical issues regarding physician workforce protections, Medicare and Medicaid payment reform, government encroachment on the patient-physician relationship, and funding protections for biomedical and public health research.”
The daughter of Vietnamese immigrants and a first-generation physician, Dr. Huynh has been active in numerous AMA roles since her first year of medical school. She served as Chair of the AMA Resident and Fellow Section, Delegate of the AMA Medical Student Section, Delegate to the House of Delegates, and a Councilor on the AMA Council on Constitution and Bylaws. Throughout her tenure, she has championed issues including workforce protections, the patient-physician relationship and encroachment against evidence-based care, payment reform and access to care, and health equity. Beyond the AMA, Dr. Huynh has contributed to national health policy through her work with the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and through her involvement in state medical societies in California and Maryland.
Dr. Huynh earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She begins her fellowship training in laryngology at the Oregon Health & Science University in the summer of 2026.
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