October 29, 2025
What You Need to Know: Jack Chou, M.D., has been elected CMA president-elect and will assume the presidency at the conclusion of the 2026 House of Delegates next year.
Los Angeles family physician Jack Chou, M.D., was elected by the House of Delegates to serve as president-elect of the California Medical Association (CMA). He will serve on the Executive Committee in that role for one year and will be installed as CMA president at the conclusion of the 2026 Annual Session.
Dr. Chou previously served as speaker of the House of Delegates, a position he held since 2022 after three years as vice speaker. For the past six years, he has helped guide the House through an extraordinary period of change — from the shift to virtual sessions during the pandemic, to hybrid meetings, and now fully back together in person.
“I could never imagine six years ago what we would experience as a House together,” Dr. Chou said, reflecting on how the pandemic “changed everything for this House. We went from virtual sessions to hybrid meetings, and somehow we kept it all together.”
He thanked the delegates for their resilience, patience and unwavering engagement throughout these transitions. “I look forward to working with all of you in the years ahead. I’m deeply grateful for your work and your trust — so let’s go further together,” Dr. Chou said.
A practicing family physician with Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center since 1999, Dr. Chou divides his time between primary care, urgent care and hospitalist duties and has served as chief of service for the Family Medicine Department since 2018, overseeing five medical office locations.
A partner in the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG), Dr. Chou also serves as regional chair for Health Information Management and regional co-chair for the Scanning Oversight Committee.
A longtime CMA and Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) leader, he has represented LACMA in the House of Delegates since 2001 and previously served on the CMA Board of Trustees and Council on Ethical Affairs. He is also active in the California Academy of Family Physicians, where he has served as president and speaker of its Congress of Delegates.
Originally from a small rural town in Taiwan, Dr. Chou earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Miami and his medical degree from the University of Southern California, followed by a family medicine residency at Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills.
CMA congratulates Dr. Chou on his election as president-elect and thanks him for his years of service guiding the House of Delegates and advancing the voice of organized medicine in California.
