Director

Nita Ahuja, M.D.

Director·Abbott Laboratories

About

Dr. Nita Ahuja serves as Dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Vice Chancellor of Medical Affairs, and Professor in the Department of Surgery, and alternating Chair or Vice Chair of the Board of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, since May 2025.

She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges, and has served as an elected national representative to the Commission on Cancer for the American College of Surgeons. She joined Abbott's Board of Directors in December 2025.

Since 2025
Age 59
Tenure 1 yr

Also at Abbott Laboratories

RM Robert J. Alpern, M.D. Director CB Claire Babineaux-Fontenot Director SP Sally E. Blount, Ph.D. Director RF Robert B. Ford Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Director PG Paola Gonzalez Director MK Michelle A. Kumbier Director

Roles

Organization Role Dates Details
Abbott Laboratories Director 2025–present Current role
Yale School of Medicine Chair of the Department of Surgery 2018 to 2025 Also Surgeon-in-Chief for Yale New Haven Health System and Board member of Yale New Haven Hospital from 2020 to 2025, Chair of the Yale Medicine Faculty Practice Plan from 2020 to 2024, and Interim Chief of the Yale Cancer Center from 2021 to 2022.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Department of Surgery 2014 to 2018 Also Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital from 2016 to 2018.

Related

Source: Abbott Laboratories proxy statement (SEC Schedule 14A)

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