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James W. Reed, MD Professor of Medicine Associate Chair of Medicine for Research Morehouse School of Medicine Chief of Endocrinology Grady Memorial Hospital Atlanta, Georgia

James W. Reed, MD, is professor of medicine and associate chair of medicine for research at Morehouse School of Medicine and chief of endocrinology at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr Reed is also a medical consultant at Tuskegee Veterans Affairs Hospital, Alabama.

A fellow of the American College of Endocrinology and the American College of Physicians, Dr Reed also maintains membership in the Endocrine Society, the American Diabetes Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Society of Hypertension, as well as other professional organizations. He was chair of Subcommittee JNCV, Special Population and Ethnic Groups and a member of the Parent Committee of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. From 1991 to 1994, Dr Reed was a member of the National Diabetes Advisory Board of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH). He now serves on the Education Coordinating Committee of the National High Blood Pressure Council of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. He is the current president of the International Society of Hypertension in Blacks, is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a fellow of the American College of Clinical Endocrinology.

Dr Reed has published and lectured extensively on issues relating to the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. He received his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, and was subsequently appointed to a research fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at the Metabolic Research Unit of the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco.