Michael Suk

Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who was first elected to the American Medical Association Board of Trustees in June 2019, was elected secretary of the AMA in June 2022. Throughout his career, Dr. Suk has been a vocal leader on public health issues, including the role and importance of organized medicine, resident work hours, social determinants of health, and numerous other public health concerns.

An active and engaged leader from his earliest days in organized medicine, Dr. Suk, was the first medical student and first Asian-American elected to the AMA Board of Trustees in 1994. In addition, he has served on the AMA Council on Medical Service and as chair of the AMA Resident and Fellow Section where he led AMA efforts to create governance guidelines on resident work hours. In 2016, to help spearhead advocacy for the medical profession in Washington, D.C., Dr. Suk was appointed to the board of directors of the American Medical Political Action Committee. Additionally, reflecting his passion and expertise in the field of performance excellence, quality and safety, Dr. Suk was selected to the Board of Commissioners at the Joint Commission and currently serves as chair of the commission’s Finance Committee.