David S. Wilkes

Dr. Wilkes is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and has served as a researcher, teacher, administrator, mentor, and executive. From 2015 to 2021, he served as Dean and James Carroll Flippin Professor of Medical Science at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Currently, he is Dean Emeritus at the UVA School of Medicine. Dr. Wilkes has co-authored more than 100 research papers and holds six U.S. patents. He is a successful entrepreneur who is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of ImmuneWorks, Inc., a biotech company which develops novel treatments for immune-mediated lung disease. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Baxter International and Syneos Health. Dr. Wilkes is the National Director of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s eminent program that develops careers of underrepresented medicine physician-scientists, dentist scientists, and nurse scientists. He has served on several advisory boards and committees of the National Institute of Health and has received numerous awards for diversity and inclusion.