Preston Campbell

President and CEO

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Dr Preston W. Campbell, III, MD, is president and chief executive officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He has more than 30 years’ experience caring for people with cystic fibrosis and, as executive vice president for medical affairs from 1998 to 2015, led the Foundation’s drug development and clinical programs at a time of significant progress in the search for a cure. After earning his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School, he spent his residency in a pediatric pulmonology fellowship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, serving on the faculty for 12 years and as center director at the Vanderbilt University CF Care Center. He also holds a diploma from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and early in his career was the director of the Department of Pediatrics at the Centre Medical Beraca, La Pointe, Haiti, where he established a pediatric and public health program.