ICML Conference 2009: Keynote Speaker

Dr Jeffery Drazen

Editor in Chief
New England Journal of Medicine

Biography:

Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., joined the New England Journal of Medicine as editor-in-chief in July 2000. At the Journal, Dr. Drazen's responsibilities include oversight of all editorial content and policies. His editorial background includes service as an associate editor or editorial board member for the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, and the American Journal of Medicine.

A specialist in pulmonology, Dr. Drazen maintains an active research program. Dr. Drazen has published more than 300 articles on topics such as lung physiology and the mechanisms involved in asthma. In 1999, he delivered the Amberson Lecture, the major research address at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society. In 2000, he received the Chadwick Medal from the Massachusetts Thoracic Society for his contributions to the study of lung disease. Dr. Drazen is the Distinguished Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of physiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and senior physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. In 2003, he was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Drazen has served on numerous committees for the National Institutes of Health: the Respiratory and Applied Physiology Study Section; the Lung Biology and Pathology Study Section; the Pulmonary Disease Advisory Council; the Public Access Working Group; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Advisory Council and its Division of Lung Disease Executive Planning Committee. He has also served on the Veterans' Administration National Research Advisory Committee. He currently serves as cochair of the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation.

Dr. Drazen earned his bachelor's degree and graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his internship and residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Dr. Drazen received honorary degrees from the University of Ferrara, Italy, and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

A native of Missouri, Dr. Drazen lives with his wife in Winchester, Massachusetts. They are the parents of two grown sons.

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