Terrence R. Flotte

Biography

Terrence R. Flotte, MD Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor in Medical Education, dean of the School of Medicine and provost and executive deputy chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) Terence R. Flotte, M.D., serves as the Celia and Isaac Haidak Distinguished Professor, Dean, Provost and Executive Deputy Chancellor, and Chief Research Officer of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). An internationally known pioneer in human gene therapy, Dr. Flotte leads a research group that investigates the delivery of genetic diseases that affect children, mainly cystic fibrosis. In 1995, Dr. Flotte and his colleagues became the first to use the adeno-associated virus, or AAV, as a vehicle to deliver corrective genes to targeted sites in the body. He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in the biological sciences from the University of New Orleans and his medical degree from the Louisiana School of Medicine.

Research Interest

Medicine