Biosketch
Leighton Cluff, M.D.

Dr Cluff received his degree in medicine from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 1949. After research training and a faculty appointment at Johns Hopkins he joined the faculty at the University of Florida COM, where he served as professor and chair of medicine for 10 years. He left Florida in 1976 and served as president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation until 1990. He worked on public health projects in developing countries, and served as a consultant for the WHO, FDA, Depart of State, and NIH, as well as for the Defense Department on Bioterrorism issues. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has edited ten books, including books on long term care, home care, and, most recently, on crises in the physician-patient relationship that he defines as the Lost Art of Caring.