John R. Raymond, MD
Dr. John Raymond has served since 2003 as Chief Academic and Research Officer for the public, freestanding medical university in South Carolina. MUSC is an academic medical center comprised of six health sciences colleges and a university-owned hospital and medical practice with an annual budget exceeding $2 billion. The university conducts more than $200 million in funded research.
A practicing nephrologist who plays active roles in clinical care, teaching, and faculty mentorship, Dr. Raymond is also a medical researcher studying the basic mechanisms of kidney cell function. He has published over 100 full-length manuscripts and has received more than $38 million in competitive extramural funding.
He is the recipient of 2009 Marcy Speer Outstanding Reviewer Award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Center for Scientific Review, the highest honor for extraordinary commitment to peer review of NIH grant applications. Annually, approximately 16,000 reviewers assist the NIH with scientific evaluations of research grant applications as the NIH invests more than $20 billion in the most promising research grants, paving the path to biomedical breakthroughs that improve public health and save lives.
Dr. Raymond joined the MUSC faculty in 1996 as the Dialysis Clinics Incorporated (DCI) Professor of Medicine. He served as Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, SC, from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Raymond was MUSC’s Associate Provost for Research from 2001-2006, and was Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost for six months before being named to the position in 2003.
He received his undergraduate and medical degrees with honors from The Ohio State University, and performed his internship, residency, chief residency and nephrology fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center. After completing his training, he joined Duke’s faculty where he rose through the ranks to attain tenure.
Dr. Raymond serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology, and Assay Drug Development Technology. He was selected for membership in both the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Among Dr. Raymond’s many honors are awards for excellence in leadership, research, teaching and clinical care from the Ohio Commission on Aging, Duke University Medical School, the American Federation for Clinical Research, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.