Thomas S. Inui, MD is Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Health Care Research at Indiana University School of Medicine. He serves as Director of Research for the Indiana University Kenya Program. He is a research scientist with Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the IU Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research. A primary care physician, educator, and researcher, he previously held positions as head of general internal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, the Paul C. Cabot professor and founding chair of the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School, and past president and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care.

Dr. Inui's special emphases in teaching and research have included physician/patient communication, health promotion and disease prevention, the social context of medicine, and medical humanities. His honors include elected membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, the Institute of Medicine, a USPHS Medal of Commendation, serving as a member of the Council and President of the Society of General Internal Medicine, receipt of SGIM's Robert Glaser Award (for generalism), and election to the Institute of Medicine (and subsequently the IOM Council). He has participated in the publication of more than 200 manuscripts on a broad variety of topics. Dr. Inui lists over 250 publications on his CV.