Dr. William B. Smith is the Founder, President, and Principal Investigator of the AMR centers in Knoxville, TN and New Orleans, LA and serves as the CEO of AMR. Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Nephrology and Cardiology, Dr. Smith has participated in more than 2,000 clinical trials over the past 35+ years. He is an original founder of AMR and a frequent industry speaker and author who publishes extensively. Under his direction as CEO, AMR was recognized as the World Vaccine Congress ViE recpient for Best Clinical Trial Network in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2022. Dr. Smith was recently recognized as the 2024 recipient of the SCRS Christine K. Pierre Site Impact Award, celebrating an industry leader who has made an extraordinary contribution to futhering the voice of the clinical research site community.