David E. Comings

David E. Comings (born March 8, 1935)[2][3] is an American medical geneticist and former chief of genetics at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, a position he held from 1966 until his 2002 retirement.[4][5][3] He has served as the president of the American Society of Human Genetics (1988) and the editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Human Genetics (1979–86).[3] He has been a fellow of the American Society for Clinical Investigation since 1968.[6] He is known for his research on the genetics of Tourette's syndrome, which he began studying in 1980 with his wife, Brenda Comings.[7][5] He has also studied the role of genetics in nicotine addiction[8] and alcoholism.[9] In 1994, his medical license was revoked by the Medical Board of California because he, according to the Los Angeles Times, "excessively prescribed controlled substances to his wife, thereby committing gross negligence, incompetence and repeated negligent acts". The revocation was later stayed by the Board, but Comings also received five years' probation.[10]

David Comings
Born (1935-03-08) March 8, 1935
Beacon, New York
NationalityUnited States
EducationUniversity of Illinois
Feinberg School of Medicine
Spouse(s)
Sally
(
m. 2008)
[1]
AwardsFellow of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (1988)
Scientific career
InstitutionsCity of Hope National Medical Center

Books
  • Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior (Hope Press, 1990)
  • Search for the Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior Genes (Hope Press, 1996)
  • The Gene Bomb (Hope Press, 1996)
  • Did Man Create God?: is Your Spiritual Brain at Peace with Your Thinking Brain? (Hope Press, 2008)
gollark: If you're going to say something along the lines of "see how it deals with [SCENARIO] and rate that by [OTHER STANDARD]", this doesn't work because it sneaks in [OTHER STANDARD] as a more fundamental underlying ethical system.
gollark: I don't see how you can empirically test your ethics like you can a scientific theory.
gollark: I'm not sure exactly how you define "moral relativists", but personally I've never seen a convincing/working argument for some particular ethical system being *objectively true*, and don't think it's even possible.
gollark: I don't think that works for the AI unless this situation is repeated somehow. It may not work at all, since you can't actually tell if it is torturing you or not, from outside it.
gollark: Oh, oops, I got the lever direction mixed up, sorry. I meant that if you left it trapped then it wouldn't have reason to torture you.

References
  1. "Dr. David Comings Bio". The Comings Foundation. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  2. "Comings, David E." Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  3. "Issue". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 2015-04-02.
  4. "David E. Comings 1935-". Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations. Oxford University Press. 2006. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198614432.001.0001/q-author-00007-00000292 (inactive 2020-01-25). Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  5. Gorner, Peter (1989-01-15). "Tourette Theory In Hot Dispute". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  6. "David Comings". American Society for Clinical Investigation. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  7. Horacek, H. Joseph (1998). Brainstorms: Understanding and Treating the Emotional Storms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood. Jason Aronson. p. 30. ISBN 9780765700803.
  8. Noble, Holcomb B. (1999-03-02). "New From the Smoking Wars: Success". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  9. SCOTT, JANNY (1991-10-02). "Study Supports Genetic Link to Alcoholism". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  10. "Medical Disciplinary Actions". Los Angeles Times. 1994-11-02. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-15.


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