David S. Stephens, MD, named a 2020 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

David S. Stephens, MD, vice president for research at Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) and chair of the Department of Medicine, has been named a 2020 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

NAI fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors. The program recognizes academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation by creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.

Stephens is among 175 new fellows representing 115 research universities and government and non-profit institutes worldwide. The 2020 fellow class collectively holds more than 4,700 U.S. government-issued patents.

This year’s class of fellows will be inducted in June 2021 at the NAI’s 10th anniversary meeting in Tampa, Florida.

Click here to read the full announcement in Emory News Center.