Ronald Davis (physician)
| Ronald Mark Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 18, 1956 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 6, 2008 (aged 52) East Lansing, Michigan |
| Education | University of Michigan, University of Chicago, University of Michigan School of Public Health |
| Known for | preventive medicine |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Center for Disease Control, Michigan Department of Public Health, Henry Ford Hospital |
Ronald Mark Davis (June 18, 1956 – November 6, 2008) was an American physician who specialized in preventive medicine and was a public health and anti-tobacco advocate. Davis served a one-year term as president of the American Medical Association from 2006 to June 2007.
Davis was born in Chicago on June 18, 1956, to George and Alice Komessar Davis. He earned his Bachelor of Science in zoology from the University of Michigan in 1978, received a Master of Arts in public policy from the University of Chicago in 1981 and was awarded an M.D. from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1983.
He served from 1987 to 1991 as the director of the Center for Disease Control's Office on Smoking and Health and was chief medical officer of the Michigan Department of Public Health from 1991 to 1995. He later served as the director of health promotion and disease prevention for the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. In 1992, he was the founding editor-in-chief of the medical journal Tobacco Control, published by the British Medical Association.
He became the first resident ever named to board of the American Medical Association, serving from 1984 to 1987. He was elected to the AMA's board again in 2001 and re-elected in 2005. He served as AMA's 162nd president from June 2007 to June 2008. He was the first physician specializing in Preventive Medicine to be named president of the AMA.
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