DERC Directors

Executive Committee

Director
Jerry P. Palmer, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism
DVA Puget Sound Health Care System
(206) 764-2688
jpp@u.washington.edu

Deputy Director and Associate Director for Enrichment Programs
David E. Cummings, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
DVA Puget Sound Health Care System
(206) 764-2335
davidec@u.washington.edu

Associate Director for Clinical Research
Steven E. Kahn, M.B., Ch.B.
Professor of Medicine
Director of Research and Development
DVA Puget Sound Health Care System
(206) 764-2138
skahn@u.washington.edu

Associate Director for Molecular Genetic Research
Åke Lernmark, Ph.D.
Robert H. Williams
Professor of Medicine
(206) 543-5316
ake@u.washington.edu

Associate Director for Pilot and Feasibility Study Programs
Denis G. Baskin, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Medicine and Biological Structure
Senior Research Career Scientist
DVA Puget Sound Health Care System
(206) 768-5222
baskindg@u.washington.edu

Head, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Alan Chait, M.D.
Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine
(206) 543-3158
achait@u.washington.edu