Joe G. N. "Skip" Garcia, MD, is the University of Arizona endowed Merlin K. DuVal MD Professor of Medicine, founder/CEO of Aqualung Therapeutics,and an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. An internationally noted physician-scientist, health administrator, scholar and educator, Dr. Garcia is also a leading authority on the genetic basis of lung disease with emphasis on health disparities, particularly of the underserved minorities. His research attempts to elucidate key genes and biomarkers that predict individual risk in disease and provides individualized treatment options for physicians to practice personalized medicine
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