CHICAGO (June 19, 2012)—Dr. Ardis Hoven, an internal medicine physician from Kentucky, is the American Medical Association's new president-elect.

The nation's largest physicians group said Hoven will take office as president-elect in June 2013, becoming the third woman to lead the association when she becomes president in 2014.

Hoven ran unopposed for president-elect and was named during the group's annual policy-making meeting.

She is from Lexington, Ky., and is also an infectious disease specialist.

Denver psychiatrist Jeremy Lazarus is ending his yearlong term as president-elect and officially becomes AMA president on Tuesday evening.

An AMA statement Monday said Hoven has served on the AMA's Board of Trustees and is a former president of the Kentucky Medical Association.

The AMA's annual five-day meeting began Saturday.