John Balmes – MD
John Balmes
MD
Dr. Balmes received his MD degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1976. After internal medicine training at Mount Sinai and pulmonary subspecialty, occupational medicine, and research training at Yale, he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California in 1982. He transitioned to the faculty at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 1986 and is currently Professor in the Divisions of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCSF and in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. His major academic activities include several collaborative epidemiological research projects, various advisory and editorial committees, Directing the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, and Directing the Northern California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (a consortium of programs at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and UCSF). Since 2008 he has been the Physician Member of the California Air Resources Board.