CHARLES L. CURRY, MD, FACC
Immediate Past President
Howard University
College of Medicine
Washington, DC
Dr. Charles L. Curry, a John B. Johnson professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Howard University College of Medicine, is a prolific writer, respected medical researcher, gifted teacher and a compassionate physician. He is nationally and internationally recognized for developing innovative approaches to diagnosing and managing heart and vascular disease. He is a leader in both professional and community organizations.
Dr. Curry received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry, magna cum laude, from Johnson C. Smith University in 1955 and in 1959, a medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine. He continued his medical training with an internship at the K.B. Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina and subsequently became the first African American to complete a residency in medicine at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1953-1955. Dr. Curry held several appointments in North Carolina hospitals, including: chief, medical service at Lincoln Hospital, 1967-1968; cardiology fellowship in the department of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, 1968-1969; and a research associate in medicine at Duke University Medical Center, 1969-1970.
Dr. Curry served his country in 1962-1963 as a captain in the United States Army (Medical Corps), Fort Bragg, North Carolina and South Vietnam. In 1970, he began his medical tenure with Howard University, first as an assistant professor, later as an associate professor from 1971-1973. He received his present departmental appointment of professor in 1973. He served as director of Howard's Center for Hypertension Control and is presently chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, a position he has held since 1973.
A fellow of the American College of Cardiologists and certified by the America Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty board, cardiovascular diseases, Dr. Curry has lectured throughout the United States and abroad. At a ten-day seminar in Budapest, Hungary, 1974, he was invited to fellowship in the International Society of Cardiovascular Epidemiology. His presentations cover a wide spectrum of topics related to hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. His articles appear in major professional journals; he has made numerous scientific presentations nationwide and has co-authored two books.
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