Dr. A. Gordon Smith is Chief of Neuromuscular Medicine and Director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Study Group and Cutaneous Innervation Laboratory at the University of Utah. His research focuses on the relationship between obesity and pre-diabetes and peripheral neuropathy, including endpoint development and validation of novel clinical trial methodology. He serves in a number of leadership positions nationally and internationally in the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association and the Peripheral Nerve Society, where he served as an elected member of the Board of Directors.