Susan Bailey, MD

Biography

Susan Rudd Bailey, MD, an allergist/immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas, was the 175th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). Previously, she served as president-elect of the AMA for one year, as speaker of the AMA House of Delegates for four years and as vice speaker for four years. During her tenure as AMA president, she was selected as one of Modern health care’s Most Important People in health care.

Dr. Bailey’s long history of service in helping guide organized medicine extends to the local and state levels as well. She served as board chair and president of the Tarrant County Medical Society, as well as vice speaker, speaker and president of the Texas Medical Association (TMA). She has served as chair of the Texas Delegation to the AMA and chair of the TMA Council on Communications. In 2011, she won TMA’s Anson Jones Award for her media work. She has served on the boards of many other medical organizations, including the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, COLA and as the AMA representative to the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Dr. Bailey is a retired allergist who served for over 30 years in private practice with Fort Worth Allergy and Asthma Associates. She completed her residency in general pediatrics in 1984 and a fellowship in allergy/immunology in 1987 at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She is board certified in allergy, immunology and pediatrics and has been awarded the title of Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

In addition to receiving her medical degree with honors from the Texas A&M University School of Medicine in 1981 as a member of its charter class, Dr. Bailey was later appointed to the Texas A&M System Board of Regents by then Gov. George W. Bush and has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M School of Medicine.

She currently serves as special assistant to the dean of the Texas A&M School of Medicine and was appointed as an adjunct professor of medical humanities.

Fun Facts

Choir elder

Dr. Bailey is an Elder and an active member of the Chancel Choir at the University Christian Church in Fort Worth.