George L. King

George Liang King (born 1950) is a diabetologist and ophthalmologist affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School. King is a researcher on how diabetes affects the Asian American population; and on diabetes-related eye disease. He holds an endowed chair position—he is inaugural Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Chair at Harvard Medical School, as well as Director of Research, Senior Vice President at Joslin, where he is also ex officio a board of trustees member.

Personal life and education
King was born in 1950. He moved from Taiwan to the United States with his family when he was 10 years old. He learned English from an elementary school teacher in Richmond, Virginia after living in the U.S. and was one of only two Asians in his class. His father suffered from diabetes.

In 1972, King earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University, and later a Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University School of Medicine. He completed residency at the University of Washington, before pursuing additional training at the National Institutes of Health.

Career
King has been affiliated with Joslin and Harvard since 1981. He was elected to The American Society for Clinical Investigation in 1986. King is the founder of Joslin's Asian American Diabetes Initiative, which conducts research and treats Asian Americans with diabetes. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the biological sciences section.