John W. Runyan, Jr., M.D., M.A.C.P.
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
66 N. Pauline Street, Suite 633
Memphis TN 38163
901-448-5900
jrunyan@utmem.edu
A native Memphian
and graduate of Washington and Lee University, Dr. Runyan received his
M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed
residency training in internal medicine at Albany Hospital, New York.
He received a research fellowship following his residency, completing
training in diabetes and endocrinology at Thorndike Memorial Laboratory,
Boston City Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. In 1960, he joined the
faculty of the University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine,
where he founded the Division of Endocrinology and headed it for a decade.
He subsequently served as professor and chairman of the Department of
Preventive Medicine from 1972-1994. With his leadership, the department
added programs in geriatric medicine and health promotion/disease prevention.
Dr. Runyan was instrumental in designing and establishing one of the nation's
premier community-based, nurse-run, chronic-disease treatment programs,
which won national recognition for the university. He has received many
honors and awards for his outstanding contributions to community health,
including the John D. Rockefeller III Public Service Award, the American
College of Physicians' Rosenthal Award, the American Diabetes Association's
Upjohn Award, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins University,
and the Laureate Award from the Tennessee chapter of the American College
of Physicians. In announcing the Laureate Award to Dr. Runyan, the Tennessee
ACP chapter noted, "He truly exemplifies
the consummate clinician, teacher, scientist, community leader, and role
model." The American College of Physicians has honored
Dr. Runyan with a Mastership, placing him in an elite group of fewer than
500 physicians who have received this distinction among the ACP's estimated
115,000 members thus far. Dr. Runyan has lectured and published extensively
on his research and clinical interests, authoring the books Primary
Care Guide and Problem-Oriented Primary Care, among numerous
other publications.
Click the links below for further news about Dr.
Runyan:
• April
14, 2004, Community Health Day recognition (pdf file, size
149 KB)
• September
9, 2004, Lifetime Achievement Award--Health Care Heroes
• John
W. Runyan, Jr., Collection, UT Health Science Center Library
(pdf file, size 50 KB)
Update: Dr. Runyan received a 2005 Distinguished
Service Award from the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) at the annual
TMA meeting in Nashville in April 2005.
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