Nina Ford Johnson, MD, a Mobile pediatrician, is the new President of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.

“I am honored to lead an organization that is dedicated to supporting physicians and advocating for policies that allow us to provide the best possible care to our patients,” Johnson said.

Johnson has been practicing in Mobile since 2011. She graduated in 2003 from Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and completed her medical doctorate from Meharry Medical College in 2008. She was a member of the Mobile County Board of Health from 2014 to 2019.