John Lumpkin, MD, MPH
John Lumpkin directs the activities of the
Health Care Group. Before joining the Foundation in April 2003, Lumpkin served
as director of the Illinois Department of Public Health for 12 years. During
his more than 17 years with the department, he served as acting director and
prior to that as associate director.
He has seen the health and health care system
in operation first practicing emergency medicine and teaching medical students
and residents at the
Lumpkin has been chairman since 1996 of the
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. He served on the Council on
Maternal, Infant and Fetal Nutrition, the Advisory Committee to the Director of
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institute
of Medicine's Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st
Century. He has served on the boards of directors for the Public Health
Foundation and National Forum for Health Care Quality. He also has served as
president of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians and the Society of
Teachers of Emergency Medicine, and as speaker and board of directors member of
the American College of Emergency Physicians. While director, he received the
Arthur MacCormack Excellence and Dedication in Public Health Award from the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the Jonas
Salk Health Leadership Award and the
Leadership in Public Health Award from the Illinois Public Health Association.
Lumpkin also has been the recipient of the Bill B. Smiley Award, Alan Donaldson
Award, African American History Maker, and Public Health Worker of the Year. He
is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters.
Lumpkin earned his B.M.S. and M.D. degrees
from Northwestern University
Medical School and his M.P.H. from the
University of Illinois School of
Public Health. He trained in emergency
medicine at the University of
Chicago.