Education Council

Mayer B. Davidson, MD Professor of Medicine UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, California

Mayer B. Davidson, MD, is director of the Clinical Center of Research Excelence at Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, and professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine.

A fellow of the American College of Physicians, Dr Davidson is also a member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, American Federation for Clinical Research, and The Endocrine Society, as well as other professional organizations. He is past president of the American Diabetes Association and cofounder of that organization's Los Angeles chapter. Dr Davidson has acted as a diabetes consultant for numerous pharmaceutical companies, and principal or coprincipal investigator for clinical studies of diabetes mellitus treatment. He has received the Banting Medal for Distinguished Service and the Upjohn Award for Outstanding Physician Educator in the Field of Diabetes from the American Diabetes Association.

Dr Davidson serves on the editorial boards of Geriatrics, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, and The Health Information Network. He is founding editor of Current Diabetes Reports, editor of Diabetes Care, and associate editor of Endo Trends. The author of more than 350 articles, book chapters, reviews, editorials, and abstracts, Dr Davidson has lectured extensively at medical meetings, conferences, and symposia in the United States and abroad. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and fulfilled a subsequent United States Public Health Service research fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Washington King County Hospital, Seattle.