Eugene E. Wright, Jr., MD
Medical Director, South Piedmont Area Health Education Center
Dr. Eugene E. Wright, Jr. holds an appointment as Consulting Associate in the Department of Medicine of Duke University Medical Center.
He has 40+ years of clinical experience as a private practitioner, academic clinician and educator, medical administrator, a rural physician in southeastern NC and a volunteer physician. He has been working with the South Piedmont AHEC in Performance Improvement since 2018. Dr. Wright also serves as an Associate Editor of Clinical Diabetes. He previously served as the inaugural chair of the ADA Primary Care Interest Group; as a member of the ADA/AHA Know Diabetes by Heart Science Advisory Group; and in leadership roles with the ADA Clinical Conference.