H. Edward Davidson, PharmD, MPH

Dr. Davidson is a cofounder, Chairman, and Chief of Strategy for Insight Therapeutics. He is an assistant professor of Clinical Internal Medicine with the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, where he is also vice chair of the Institutional Review Board.

Ed is a leading authority in research on geriatric-related health issues and serves as a consultant to academia, associations, and industry on geriatrics and pharmacotherapy. He has participated in the analysis of clinical trial data for data safety monitoring boards, coordinated clinical trials in nursing facilities, and conducted secondary data analyses on nursing home data sets. In addition, he has an active clinical practice covering long-term care and disabled children and adults.

Since 2006, Ed has served on the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC), a multi-stakeholder initiative to address problems patients encounter during care transitions. He now sits on the Board of this organization as well as that of Harbor's Edge, a continuing care retirement community in Norfolk, Virginia. He is a current member of the AMDA Transitions of Care Committee and participated in the development of the Transitions of Care in the Long-Term Care Continuum Practice Guideline. Ed is also a member of the All Cause Admissions and Readmissions Standing Committeee of the National Quality Forum. In addition, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Senior Care Pharmacist, the official journal of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, for over 20 years.

Ed earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Wofford College, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the Medical University of South Carolina, and a Master in Public Health degree from the Eastern Virginia Medical School with an emphasis on epidemiological methods.

Ed lives in Chesapeake, Virginia, with his wife and two dogs, Izzy and Rusty. He enjoys cycling, hiking, camping, and salt water fishing in his free time.