Dr. John B Clemmons PC

Dr. Clemmons graduated from Williams College in 1971 and chose the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., where he received his degree in 1975. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency and a gastroenterology fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta. Dr. Clemmons was the first African American to train in gastroenterology at Emory University.

Before finishing his medical education, Dr. Clemmons used a fellowship from the Thomas Watson Foundation to travel to Tanzania, Jamaica, and Nigeria to provide medical care to the people there.

Dr. Clemmons moved to Houston in 1981 to practice gastroenterology and immediately became a member of Houston Medical Forum. He later served as the organization’s treasurer and president.