Professor of Medicine and Surgery. University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD, USA.

Dr. Gambert received his MD degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City and his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Geriatric Medicine at Dartmouth and Harvard Medical Schools and their affiliated hospitals. He has held a number of academic and leadership positions including being Director of Geriatrics, Chairman of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Academic Programs in medical institutions in Wisconsin, New York and Maryland. He has written over 400 medical papers, book chapters and research reports. His research has focused on successful aging and aspects of nutrition including its relation to thyroid hormone metabolism and neuropeptide function as well as protein-calorie malnutrition, vitamin metabolism, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. He was elected President of the American Aging Association, Chairman of the Clinical Medicine Section of the Gerontological Society of America, Governor of the New York State Chapter of the American College of Physicians, and President of the Baltimore City Medical Society. He is a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society and Gerontological Society of America and a Master of the American College of Physicians, its highest honor. He currently is Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.