Curtis Harris, MD
AAME Board of Reference

Current Practice
Dr. Curtis E. Harris is the Chief of Endocrinology for the Chickasaw Indian Nation and Director of the Chickasaw Nation Diabetes Care Center. Prior to his current position, he was in private practice as an Endocrinologist in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for more 25 years, with a speciality of Diabetology. He has been President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Diabetes Association; and in 1998, was the first physician in Oklahoma to receive the American Diabetes Association Physician Excellence Award, with Distinction. In 2004, he was appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma to the Oklahoma Medical Licensure Board, in recognition of his work on improving clinical excellence and quality assurance in Oklahoma.

Medical Education, Training and Experience
Dr. Harris received a Masters in Biochemistry (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington in 1969, during which time he worked with Drs. Fisher and Krebs (“The Krebs Cycle”) on a project for which they received the Nobel Prize in 1998. After receiving a National Institutes of Health MD/PhD Career Fellowship Grant in 1969, he obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Washington 1973. He was recognized as the outstanding medical school graduate in his class, and was the first recipient of the Medical Faculty Award for academic excellence in medicine and medical education. Dr. Harris completed a Residency in Internal Medicine in Seattle in 1976, and a Fellowship in Endocrinology at the University of Iowa in 1978.

Legal Education and Experience
Later in his career, he received a Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1994. He graduated first in his class and received the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Award for Excellence. He is Adjunct Professor of Law at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, and a specialist in medical law. He was the lead medical expert in the Tobacco Litigation Cases in Oklahoma, and has provided medical-legal consultations for more than 200 physicians in the areas of malpractice liability, Medicare, and HIPAA.

Public Speaking and Publications
Dr. Harris is widely published in the areas of Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Law and Medical-Legal Ethics. He has lectured throughout the United States on issues of medicine and law, and has been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, the Today Show and National Public Radio. He is a Peer Review Editor of the journal Issues in Law and Medicine.

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