James R Gavin, III, MD, PhD, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. He is also Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs at Healing Our Village, LLC. From 2002 to 2004, he was President of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. He served as Senior Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) from 1991 to 2002. Dr Gavin is a member of numerous organizations, including the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Diabetes Association (ADA). He is a Past President of the ADA and was voted Clinician of the Year in Diabetes by ADA in 1991. He is on the board of trustees for Duke University, Emory University, Livingstone College, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr Gavin is Immediate Past Chairman of the National Diabetes Education Program and a member of the Board of Scientific Councilors for the Intramural Research Program of NIDDK. He also serves as Chairman of the Data Safety Monitoring Board for the VA Cooperative Diabetes Study. Dr Gavin has published more than 190 articles and abstracts and is the author of two books: Healing Our Village: A Self- Care Guide for Diabetes Control (with L Coleman) and Dr Gavin’s Health Guide for African Americans (with S Landrum).
jrgavin3@yahoo.com
