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Nancy Wilson Dickey, M.D., currently serves as president of The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. Prior to her appointment as president, Dr. Dickey served as interim dean of the College of Medicine from June 2000 until December 31, 2001. She took office as HSC president on January 1, 2002. Dr. Dickey is a past president of the American Medical Association, the founding program director of the Family Practice Residency of the Brazos Valley and professor of Family and Community Medicine at the A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. In addition to serving as president of the AMA in 1998-1999, Dr. Dickey has participated innumerous other professional organizations, from the American Academy of Family Physicians and Texas Academy of Family Physicians to the Texas Medical Association. Among Dr. Dickey's many honors are recognitions by the Texas Society of Pathologists, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and five honorary doctoral degrees, including a Doctor of Science from the University of Massachusetts and a Doctor of Laws from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Dickey is the Chair of the iHealth Alliance, a not-for-profit advisory board comprised of healthcare leaders that will oversee privacy of iHealthRecords, protecting the interests of patients and physicians. Dr. Dickey earned her undergraduate degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, followed by her M.D. in 1976 from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where she was a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award. From 1987 to 1990, she was on the National Institutes of Health's Advisory Council on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and in 2003 she was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Dickey has also been an active editorial advisor and reviewer for a number of professional publications and has contributed to general-interest periodicals as well. Currently, she serves as editor in chief of Medem, an Internet-based patient education company. Medem is a partnership of the AMA, medical specialty societies and several state associations. She has served as a reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association and on the editorial advisory boards of Patient Care, Medical World News, Medical Ethics Advisor and Archives of Family Medicine. She also is a frequent speaker at professional and civic organizations around the country. | 