David C. Dale, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA). He graduated from the Harvard Medical School and trained in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Washington Medical Center. During six years at the National Institutes of Health, he developed a lasting interest in research on inflammation, neutrophils, and the clinical problems of neutropenia, an interest bridging the specialties of hematology, oncology and infectious diseases. Dr. Dale is actively involved in teaching, research and patient care at the University of Washington, where he served as Dean of the School of Medicine. He is the Founder and Co-Director of the Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry, and neutropenia is the central focus of his research. Dr. Dale has served as President of several organizations, including the Society of General Internal Medicine, Western Association of Physicians, Medical Honor Society-Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians (ACP) and is currently President Emeritus ACP. He also was Chair of the Board of Governors and member of the Board of Regents of ACP. He is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the medical textbook, Scientific American Medicine/ACP Medicine and has held numerous other editorial positions. He has served on the National Board of Sponsors for Physicians for Social Responsibility, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee and the DHHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health & Society (SACGHS).