Dr.James R. Gavin, III, M.D., Ph.D.

Overview

James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2006. Since December 2004, Dr. Gavin has been a clinical professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, and president and chief executive officer of MicroIslet, Inc. Dr. Gavin also has served as executive vice president for clinical affairs at Healing Our Village, Inc. since January 2005. From July 2002 to December 2004, Dr. Gavin was president of the Morehouse School of Medicine. He served as senior scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) from 1991 to 2002 and director of HHMI-National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program from 2000 to 2002. Dr. Gavin was on the faculty at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center as a professor and as chief of the Diabetes Section, acting chief of the Section on Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension, and William K. Warren Professor for Diabetes Studies. He is a member of many advisory boards and medical organizations, including the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Diabetes Association, for which he is a past president. Dr. Gavin holds a B.S. in chemistry from Livingstone College, a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Emory University, and an M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Gavin also serves as a member of the board of directors of Baxter International, Inc., Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and MicroIslet, Inc.