Sheryl Guthrie Lucas Giles
Sheryl Guthrie Lucas Giles, MD, FACAAI, is an Allergist and Immunologist in the Washington, DC area. She is an acclaimed clinician and speaker with television, radio and social media experience.
An honor graduate of the Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. Giles was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Her professional career includes academia, research, clinical practice and advisory board appointments. She is a published author, a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and a Fellow of the American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (FACAAI).
As Acting Chair of the Allergy and Immunology Department at Howard University College of Medicine, she was Supervisor of Fellowship Training. She also chaired the Allergy Department at Mitchell-Trotman Medical Group, PC. She practiced Allergy and Immunology at Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States for several years.
Dr. Giles served on the Advisory Board of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health by Presidential Appointment and the Advisory Board of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. She currently serves on the Board of the Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP). She treats and advocates for the health of persons with asthma, allergies and immunity disorders, especially in minority populations. She is also committed to wellness education and to organ transplantation education.
Sheryl is a member of several professional, civic and service organizations including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, The Links, Incorporated, and she sings in choirs at Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, DC and Shiloh Baptist Church of Orlando, FL.
Sheryl’s greatest achievement is the privilege of being a mother and grandmother! She and her husband, John Giles, have a blended family of seven children and six grandchildren with another on the way. Her “Guthrie-Lucas” children are Michael Lucas (BA, Hampton, physics; MS, Southeastern, IT Security); Joi Lucas Jones, MD (BA Spelman, physics; MD, Howard) and husband, Frank Jones; Maurice Lucas (BA, Morehouse, business) and wife, Rachel Kiner-Lucas.
Sheryl is immensely grateful and blessed to have been raised as a Guthrie … in a family that valued faith in God first; then hard work, intellectual curiosity, integrity, morality and commitment. Mary and Willie were outstanding parents who provided the strong foundation that propelled Sheryl forward to awesome success in life. Her favorite saying is “To God be the glory!”
Favorite Hymn: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” (Thomas Chisholm)
Favorite Anthem: “Magnificat” (Arrangement by Glenn Burleigh)
Favorite Scripture: “For I know the plans I have for you.” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 KJV