Mary E. Klotman

Mary E. Klotman, MD is a nationally recognized leader in academic medicine. She is presently dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, where she also acts as R.J. Reynolds Professor of Medicine, member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and a professor of medicine, pathology and molecular genetics and microbiology.

Following early appointments at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Klotman began a 13-year tenure at New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1996. There, she oversaw a research program in HIV, served as chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and was co-director of Mount Sinai’s Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute. Since returning to her alma mater in 2010 as chair of the Department of Medicine, Dr. Klotman has directed its process improvement and faculty development, as well as the transition from a fee-for-service practice to a multidisciplinary one focused on population health.

In addition to her current responsibilities at Duke, Dr. Klotman serves as an associate editor of JCI and Annual Reviews of Medicine. A pioneering physician-scientist, her research is focused on the molecular pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and the potential delivery of an HIV vaccine.