Dr. Cecil Wilson, M.D.

National Doctors Day

March 30 is National Doctors’ Day!

National Doctors' Day is a day to honor physicians for the care they give patients, and to bolster physicians the AMA is raising the alarm that without health-care reform there may not be enough doctors to care for patients in the coming years. Joining Dr. DeSilva to discuss this alarming trend is the distinguished Dr. Cecil Wilson, AMA Board of Trustee.

Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, M.D. is an internist from Winter Park, Fla., was elected to the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees (BOT) in June 2002 and re-elected in 2006. He served as chair of the AMA-BOT from 2006 to 2007.

Dr. Wilson received his bachelor’s degree in history and his doctorate from Emory University, Atlanta. He interned at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., and completed his residency in internal medicine at the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego. He served as a Navy flight surgeon, rising to the rank of commander. Dr. Wilson has been in private practice in Central Florida for 30 years. He is board-certified in internal medicine and a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

Dr. Derrick DeSilva

3 / 30 / 2009