Dr. Niva Lubin-Johnson is an advocate of quality healthcare for all and the 119th President of the National Medical Association. She is the third President and first woman to have served as President, Speaker of the House of Delegates and Chair of the Board of Trustees.
She finished her Medical Degree in 3 years. A board-certified General Internist, Dr. Lubin-Johnson was in private practice for 29 years and currently is a clinical consultant for healthcare entities and Medical Officer of the day for a residential Mental Health Facility.
Dr. Lubin-Johnson is Past Chair of the Women’s Physician and Minority Affairs Sections of the AMA. She is a delegate from the Illinois State Medical Society to the AMA-House of Delegates and represents the same organization on the Illinois Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force and is a fellow of the Institute of Medicine-Chicago. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, Life-member of the Student National Medical Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (serving on the International Health and Wellness Committee), a member of the Links, Incorporated and a founding advisory member of TimesUp Healthcare. She served on the Illinois Department of Public Health COVID-19 Equity Team, the Illinois Lieutenant Governor Health Equity Task Force, and is a member of the Organizing Committee of the NMA/American Association of Medical Colleges Collaborative to increase Black Men in Medicine.
She believes in the need for wellness and preventive care to prevent physician burnout and is focused on increasing the numbers of African Americans entering and completing medical school and residency.
As an opportunity to continue to serve Organized Medicine while addressing actions, issues, and events that decreased the numbers of African Americans Physicians, Dr. Lubin-Johnson accepted the position of Co-Chair of the AMA Truth Reconciliation Healing and Transformation Task Force.
She is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ and has been an active member and past Chair of its Church in Society Ministry.
Dr Lubin-Johnson and her husband reside in Chicago and are parents to three children and have one grandchild.