Dr. R. Whit Curry, Jr., M.D. is a Professor and the Chairman of the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida in 1967 and his medical degree from Duke University Medical School in 1971. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center, and became Board Certified in Internal Medicine in1974. After spending two years in rural North Carolina as a National Health Service Corps physician he did a Fellowship in Family Medicine at the University of Florida and became Board Certified in Family Medicine in 1979. Dr. Curry has been a faculty member with the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine since 1977 and was appointed as Chairman in 1992.

Dr. Curry has won several teaching awards as Teacher of the Year, has been listed in The Best Doctors in America since 1995, and received certificates of recognition from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and the Florida Medical Association. Dr. Curry has been a consultant for the Education Council for the National Diabetes Education Initiative and is currently a National Advisory Board member of the EthicAd Council. He is the medical health advisor for Health in a Heartbeat, a nationally syndicated radio broadcast; Editor-in-Chief of Patient Care Journal; a reviewer for Journal of the American Board of Family Practice and Family Practice Recertification; a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Family Practice and Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drugs; and medical editor for various articles and newsletters. Dr. Curry is the Medical Director at Shands at AGH for Florida: A Healthy State, A Florida First Health Care Initiative. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, the Teachers of Preventive Medicine, and the Alachua County Medical Association. Dr. Curry has given numerous presentations and workshops on various topics on the national, state, and local level. He has over thirty articles published in refereed journals, in addition to two books, numerous book chapters, monographs, and a variety of miscellaneous publications. His medical interests include cardiology and diabetes, general medicine, health maintenance and preventive services.