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David J. Malebranche (born February 20, 1969) is an American internal medicine physician, researcher, and public health advocate who specializes in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.

Early life and education

Malebranche was born in Schenectady, New York to Roger and Donna Malebranche. He is a first-generation Haitian-American and his mother is European-American. His father, a surgeon, was born in Anse-à-Veau, Haiti and came to the United States in 1961.

Malebranche received a bachelor's degree in English from Princeton University in 1990 and a medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in 1996. He completed residencies at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, during which time he earned a master's degree from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Career

In 2001, Malebranche was appointed to the faculty of Emory University School of Medicine, where he served as an associate professor in the Department of Medicine until 2012. From 2012 to 2015, he was a primary care physician for the University of Pennsylvania Student Health Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He returned to Georgia in 2015 to work for WellStar Health System as the infirmary physician for the Cobb County Adult Detention Center in Marietta, Georgia. In 2017, he joined the faculty of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta as an associate professor of medicine and medical director of student and employee health.

Malebranche has published articles in medical and public health journals on the topic of HIV in the Black community, an area of expertise which he has discussed in documentaries, news interviews, speeches, and educational programming. He contributed an essay to Family Affair: What It Means To Be African American Today, a 2009 anthology edited by Gil Robertson IV. In 2015, he published Standing on His Shoulders, a memoir about life lessons he learned from his father.

References

1. ^ Wilkin, Jeff (February 23, 2020). "Final words: Roger Malebranche, former St. Clare's surgery head, letter writer, signs off with last letter to editor". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
2. ^ Staples, Gracie Bonds (August 31, 2017). "How improved medicines helped fuel the HIV epidemic". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
3. ^ "Dr. David J. Malebranche". National Black Justice Coalition. February 21, 2021. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
4. "About the Author". Standing on His Shoulders. February 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
5. "The Southern HIV Epidemic". Southern Medical Association. January 4, 2021. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
6. Gil L. Robertson IV., ed. (2009). Family affair : what It means to be African American today. Chicago: Bolden. pp. xv, 407. ISBN 978-1-932841-35-0. LCCN 2008045716. OCLC 234438028.
7. Williams, Sherri (April 20, 2009). "Editor hopes collection of essays stirs dialogue". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
8. "New Books: Standing on His Shoulders". Princeton Alumni Weekly. November 11, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

External links

• About David Malebranche, Morehouse Healthcare, 2021

• American people of Haitian descent
• Physicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
• Living people
• Emory University faculty
• 1969 births