Dr. Bruce A. Scott, a Louisville otolaryngologist, has been sworn as the 179th president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest and most influential physician organization.
Board-certified in both otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery, Scott is president of Kentuckiana Ear, Nose & Throat, a six-physician independent private practice group; medical director of Premier Ambulatory Surgery Center; and holds a clinical appointment at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
Scott is also a member of the board of directors for Health2047, the AMA’s Silicon Valley-based innovation subsidiary that finds and funds tech-enabled commercial health care enterprises.
Scott has been president of state and county medical associations and continues to serve on the board of the Greater Louisville Medical Society and the Kentucky Medical Association. He speaks to physician audiences around the country and is the author of myriad articles for peer-reviewed publications, as well as chapters in otolaryngology textbooks.
Scott earned his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University, completed his medical education and residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, and a fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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