Louisianan honored with Medical Lifetime Achievement Award

SAN DIEGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) honored William O. Huckabay, Jr., former executive director of the Shreveport Medical Society, with the Medical Executive Lifetime Achievement Award for his nearly 30 years of leadership in medicine. The award honors a medical association executive who has contributed substantially to the goals and ideals of the medical profession.

“During his years of service to the Shreveport Medical Society and the Louisiana State Medical Society, William O. Huckabay, Jr., has been a tenacious advocate for patient safety and physicians’ rights,” said AMA President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A. “Across his career – including 24 years in the U.S. Navy and 29 years at the helm of the Shreveport Medical Society – Mr. Huckabay has been a leader and a tireless advocate. His contributions to the state and medicine – particularly the Shreveport Medical Society Physician Revitalization Program, which is combatting the symptoms of physician burnout – will continue to have a positive impact for years to come.”