Albert W. Morris Jr., M.D.

Albert W. Morris, Jr., MD, President-Elect of the National Medical Association, is a radiologist in private practice in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dr. Morris has held numerous leadership positions within the National Medical Association. He served as Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Council on Scientific Exhibits, Chairman of Region III, and as a frequent speaker at conventions and regional meetings. He also served as President of the Bluff City Medical Society, the Memphis NMA affiliate that selected him "Physician of the Year." During Dr. Morris's tenure, the Bluff City Medical Society was chosen as the NMA's "Chapter of the Year" in recognition of its outstanding programming, community involvement, and physician recruitment.

In addition to his involvement with the National Medical Association, Dr. Morris has served on the Board of the Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, an affiliate of the American Medical Association. He received the chapter's "President's Award" for his efforts in forging a closer relationship between the AMA and the NMA.

In 2000, Dr. Morris was selected to organize and chair the NMAs' Task Force on Environmental Health and Bioterrorism. The committee is credited for successfully developing protocols for physicians and patients in the advent of a Bioterrorism attack. Dr. Morris was asked to serve on the Advisory Committee to Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen (D-VI), a member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security. Dr. Morris was the lead author of the consensus paper "Environmental Terrorism," presented in March 2002 at the Colloquium on African-American Health, sponsored by the National Medical Association.

A 1971 graduate of Howard University, Dr. Morris received his M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine in 1976 and completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of Tennessee in Memphis.

Dr. Morris is a committed volunteer. He is a member of the Volunteer State Medical Association, the State of Tennessee's Office of Minority Health Task Force, and the State of Tennessee's Bioterrorism Advisory Committee. He was President of the Southwest Branch of the American Heart Association and since 1998 has served on the Board of Directors of the World Cataract Foundation. He is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

A resident of Memphis, Dr. Morris is the father of two children--Stephanie, a recent graduate of New York University, and Albert W. Morris, III, a high school freshman. Dr. Morris spends much of his spare time mentoring young physicians.