1993. She is also a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, where she was named a Fellow in 1998; the American Medical Association; and the Florida Alliance for Health Professions Diversity. In 2016-17, Littles served as chair of the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Board of Directors.
Littles was named one of the 25 Women You Need to Know in Tallahassee in 2010 and in 2014 was identified by Black Health Magazine as one of the country’ s Top 15 Most Influential African American Medical Educators. She also received the 2014 Outstanding Physician of the Year Award from Capital Medical Society( CMS). In 2019, she was honored with the American Medical Women’ s Association’ s Elizabeth Blackwell Award. She also received the Director’ s Award for Outstanding Faculty from AMWA.
A longtime patient advocate, Littles has always recognized the importance of being a part of and giving back to the community. She has an interest in promoting student and physician wellness and addressing ways to prevent burnout. She serves on the Wellness Committees of the CMS and FAFP and chaired the FMA’ s Wellness Committee in 2019-20. She also served as vice chair of Florida’ s Physicians Workforce Advisory Council( chaired by Florida’ s surgeon general) for eight years and is a contributing author of the textbook Contemporary Challenges in Medical
Education, published in 2019. She served previously as chair of the American Medical Association’ s Academic Physicians Section and as delegate to the AMA from the Academic Physicians Section. She is also the vice chair of the Council of Florida Medical School Deans.
Littles continues to advocate for access to quality healthcare, inspiring doctors and other clinicians to practice in areas where people are most in need, particularly in rural areas and in the areas of primary care and preventive medicine.
Alma Littles, M. D.
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