Alan J. Garber

Alan J. Garber, MD, PhD, FACE, graduated from Temple University, Philadelphia, in 1968, completed a PhD in Biochemistry in 1971 and a residency in Internal Medicine. Subsequently, he was a fellow in Metabolism and then a junior faculty member at Washington University Medical School and Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. In 1974, he transferred to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he was an Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and is presently, a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Prior service to the boards of numerous organizations includes the National Board of Directors of The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Diabetes Association, the Southern Section of the American Federation of Clinical Research and the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Prior elected positions include those of Secretary and Treasurer, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and President of the Southern Society for Clinical Research, The Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, and the Texas Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association. He served as President of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists for the 2012-2013 year.