Dr. Gums is a Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine in the Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida. Additionally, he holds the title of Director of Clinical Pharmacology Education in Family Medicine, as well as, Director of Clinical Research in Family Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Gums joined the faculty at the University of Florida in 1985. Dr. Gums is actively involved in teaching both in the College of Pharmacy and the College of Medicine and regularly precepts Doctor of Pharmacy students on the Ambulatory Care/Family Medicine Clerkship Rotation. He has received Teacher of the Year awards from the University of Florida Department of Family Medicine twice since joining the faculty.

He has authored over 60 peered-review articles, 14 continuing education programs, and 8 book chapters. He has given over 100 presentations including national and internationally invited presentations to pharmacy and medical associations. He maintains an active clinical research program and is currently a principal investigator on 8 primary care clinical research trials.

Dr. Gums maintains membership in ASHP, ACCP, and is a member of the Family Practice and Ambulatory Care Editorial Advisory Council for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. In 1993, he was appointed by the governor as a member of the State of Florida Pharmacy Services and Technical Review panel. In 1997, he received the Outstanding Clinical Practice Award from ACCP. Most recently, Dr. Gums serves as a Primary Health Care Policy Fellow with the Secretary of Health and Human Services in Washington DC.