Dr. Davis received many honors throughout his career, including the Surgeon General's Medallion, and most recently the American Public Health Association's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award for his career-long fight against alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Dr. Davis served three terms on the AMA Board of Trustees. He was elected to the AMA Board in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005. His first term began in 1984, when he served three years as the first resident physician member of the AMA Board. During his tenure as an AMA board member, Dr. Davis served as chair of the Board Finance and Audit Committees, AMA representative to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization, and AMA liaison to the Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


Dr. Davis' distinguished career as a public health official includes positions as medical director for the Michigan Department of Public Health and director of the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. He most recently served as the director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.

Dr. Davis received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, then his medical degree and Master's degree in public policy studies from the University of Chicago. He completed epidemiology training and the preventive medicine residency program at the CDC.

Dr. Davis is survived by his wife, Nadine, and three sons, Jared, Evan and Connor.

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