Name: David Satcher,, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Director, Center of Excellence on Health Disparities, Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health, Morehouse School of Medicine
Biography: Dr. Satcher was elected to the Board of Directors in 2002 and is Chairman of
the Science & Technology Advisory Committee and a member of the Public Policy
Advisory Committee. Dr. Satcher assumed his current post at Morehouse School of
Medicine in 2004 and served as the School's Interim President from 2004 until 2006
and Director of the School's National Center for Primary Care from 2002 through
2004. In 2002, Dr. Satcher completed his four-year term as the 16th Surgeon
General of the United States. He also served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for
Health from 1998 to 2001. From 1993 to 1998, Dr. Satcher served as Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dr. Satcher served as President of
Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1982 to 1993.
Dr. Satcher is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the
American College of Preventive Medicine and the American College of
Physicians. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards, including
the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health
of Humankind, the New York Academy of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award
and the National Association of Mental Illness Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Satcher is a Director of MetLife, Inc., and serves on the boards of Action for
Healthy Kids, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Kaiser Family
Foundation and Task Force for Child Survival and Development.