Percy Wootton


Percy Wootton is an American cardiologist. In June 1997, he became president of the American Medical Association, after having served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1991 to 1996. Wootton was a clinical professor of medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Education

Wootton earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Lynchburg College in 1953.
He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University in 1957. In medical school, he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Dr. Wootton returned to Lynchburg College to pursue a Doctorate of Sciences, which he earned in 1998.

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