Dr. Winston Price served as the 105th President of the National Medical Association (NMA) from August 2004 to July 2005. As President, his focus, in addition to addressing health disparities, was to promote the greater use of computer technology to improve health education and health outcomes. Dr. Price graduated from Cornell University Medical College and completed his residency training at NY Hospital- Memorial Sloan Kettering in 1978. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Advisors and Vice President for Government & Community Relations for Resource Partners Clinical Research Network which develops HIT solutions and clinical research opportunities for community physicians. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and has lectured widely in the U.S. and the Caribbean on domestic violence, child abuse, health information technology, immunizations, and health disparities.
Dr. Price is presently Chair of the Georgia Health Information Technology and Transparency Committee for the Governor’s office. He has done numerous radio, print media interviews and has appeared on BET, C-Span, WNBC’s morning talk show and several cable network programs. Dr. Price is Co-Publisher and Health Editor for the Today’s Child Magazine and he also serves as Vice President of International Projects for the Dixon Hightower Resource Exchange serving the health and educational needs of several African countries.