Aviad “Adi” Haramati is professor of Integrative Physiology in the Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology and Medicine (Nephrology); founding director of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education; and co-director of the CAM Graduate Program at Georgetown University Medical Center. He received a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Cincinnati and came to Georgetown after five years at Mayo Clinic. His research interests addressed renal and electrolyte homeostasis, but now he focuses on medical education and rethinking how health professionals are trained.

Haramati has taught physiology for nearly 40 years and has been recognized with multiple awards at Mayo Clinic and at Georgetown University, where he has received nine Golden Apple awards from medical and graduate students. Awards include Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching of the Basic Sciences award; the Arthur C. Guyton Teacher of the Year award by the American Physiological Society; the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges; and the Master Scholar Award from the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). In 2016, he was named one of first twoDistinguished Educators by the GUMC Teaching Academy for Health Sciences.

Haramati seeks to improve medical education across the globe, especially with regard to the intersection of science, mind-body medicine and professionalism.  He has chaired a number of international conferences, including the recent 2017 CENTILE Conference on Strategies to Promote Resilience, Empathy and Well-being in the Health Professions: An Interprofessional Forum. Haramati served as IAMSE’s first president and has been a visiting professor at more than 100 medical schools worldwide.