Bio
Winston Price, M.D., FAAP, FACPE is a board-certified pediatrician and served as President of the National Medical Association (NMA) from August 2004 to July 2005. As President he guided the NMA to focus greater attention on the use of information technology & EHR’s toward improving consumer health education, maximizing patient healthy outcomes in their healthcare interaction and eliminating health disparities.
Dr. Price serves as the President and Chair for the National African American Drug Policy Coalition and has served as an invited national leader on the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Leadership Advisory Group for the United States. Dr. Price also serves as the Chair of the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) which focuses its mission to recruit, train and retain a robust and highly qualified health workforce for 38 counties in SW GA.
He also serves as Chief Information & Technology Officer for the W. Montague COBB/NMA Health Institute and is the Senior Consultant for a private technology services company that serves the needs of health professionals and non-profit organizations.
He holds academic positions at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Director of Pathway Programs for the SW Georgia Campus; and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia.
He has served on numerous advisory boards including the Board of Directors of the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children and previously served on the Council on Clinical Information Technology & the Task Force on Foster Care of the American Academy of Pediatrics, The Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition, The Adult Vaccine Advisory Group, the Merck Vaccine Division and Medimmune RSV Advisory group. He was recently appointed to serve on the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Steering Committee and continues to serve on the Decatur County (GA) Board of Health.
His past administrative experience includes serving as medical director for Aetna Health Plans, Clinical Dean for the American University of Antigua Medical School and Medical Director for Georgia’s Medicaid Managed Care Program.
In his spare time Dr. Price also practices clinical medicine serving a SW population in Georgia with a focus on preventive care and is currently the Past Chief of Staff of the Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, GA.
Dr. Price serves as the President and Chair for the National African American Drug Policy Coalition and has served as an invited national leader on the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Leadership Advisory Group for the United States. Dr. Price also serves as the Chair of the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) which focuses its mission to recruit, train and retain a robust and highly qualified health workforce for 38 counties in SW GA.
He also serves as Chief Information & Technology Officer for the W. Montague COBB/NMA Health Institute and is the Senior Consultant for a private technology services company that serves the needs of health professionals and non-profit organizations.
He holds academic positions at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Director of Pathway Programs for the SW Georgia Campus; and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia.
He has served on numerous advisory boards including the Board of Directors of the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children and previously served on the Council on Clinical Information Technology & the Task Force on Foster Care of the American Academy of Pediatrics, The Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition, The Adult Vaccine Advisory Group, the Merck Vaccine Division and Medimmune RSV Advisory group. He was recently appointed to serve on the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Steering Committee and continues to serve on the Decatur County (GA) Board of Health.
His past administrative experience includes serving as medical director for Aetna Health Plans, Clinical Dean for the American University of Antigua Medical School and Medical Director for Georgia’s Medicaid Managed Care Program.
In his spare time Dr. Price also practices clinical medicine serving a SW population in Georgia with a focus on preventive care and is currently the Past Chief of Staff of the Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, GA.
Education
Medical Degree
M.D., FAAP, FACPE
M.D., FAAP, FACPE