Cincinnati Native and Head of the American Medical Association Ardis Dee Hoven to Receive UC Honorary Degree

Cincinnati native Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Cincinnati at Commencement ceremonies set to take place at

9 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 14

, in Fifth Third Arena.

Hoven, an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in Lexington, Ky., has spent her career caring for patients with infectious diseases including HIV and AIDS. She was on the front lines during the height of the epidemic in the early 1980s; in fact, it was her experiences with HIV/AIDS patients that motivated her to become involved in organized medicine at the local, state and national level.

Hoven was first elected to the AMA Board of Trustees in 2005. She served as secretary from 2008-2009 and as chair from 2010-2011. Hoven was president of the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) from 1993-1994 and served as a delegate to the AMA from Kentucky prior to her election to the AMA board. She has been a member of the AMA Group Practice Advisory Committee and recently concluded her service on the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation Board of Directors. 

As president of the AMA, Hoven is focused on improving health outcomes nationally, accelerating change in medical education, and enhancing physician satisfaction and practice sustainability. She currently serves on the board of directors of the National Quality Forum and the Quality Alliance Steering Committee. 

Just this year, Hoven was named one of the top 25 women in health care, as well as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare (No. 54) by Modern Healthcare magazine. She is also the recipient of the Kentucky Medical Association’s Distinguished Service Award and of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Hoven is board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Disease Society of America. She received her undergraduate degree in microbiology and her medical degree from the University of Kentucky, Lexington. She completed her internal medicine and infectious disease training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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