Cynthia G. Carmichael holds an MD and masters degrees in health and medical sciences, as well as anthropology. She has been the lead physician at the North Richmond Center for Health, Contra Costa County, California, Health Services. She also serves as assistant director of Contra Costa’s East Bay AIDS Education and Training Center, and directs HIV/AIDS education for the County.

During Dr. Carmichael’s earlier professional career, she was principal investigator and director of the Florida AIDS Education and Training Center, and she served with many South Florida institutions, including the University of Miami, South Shore Hospital, and the Ann Marie Adker Overtown Community Health Center. She has been a clinical physician, supervisor of medical and nurse practitioner students and residents, director/consultant for a large comprehensive HIV/AIDS center, assistant professor of clinical family medicine and community health, and medical director of a state hurricane relief project.

Dr. Carmichael has published many articles in professional journals, focusing on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and associated complications. She is co-author of HIV/AIDS Primary Care Handbook (1995 edition), and recently contributed two chapters to The 5-Minute Clinical Consult. In addition to her publications, Dr. Carmichael has presented papers at HIV/AIDS workshops. A recognized authority on HIV/AIDS, she has lectured on the topic at state and national conferences and to local medical and nursing groups, for over ten years.