Michael LeNoir M.D. is an allergist and pediatrician who, has practiced pediatrics and clinical allergy full time since 1977.  He is a graduate of James Madison High School in Dallas, Texas, a BA with honors from the University of Texas and an MD degree from the University of Texas in Galveston. He is board certified by, and a fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He has served on the board the American Association of Certified Allergist.  In 2014 Dr. Lenoir was elected the 114th President of the National Medical Association.

Dr. LeNoir is an associate clinical professor at UCSF, and has served as the chairperson of the Clinical Faculty. For 20 years he was the Director of Allergy Services at San Francisco General Hospital. He has a special interest in the asthma in the African American and high risk communities and genetic polymorphisms. Dr. LeNoir served as the Chair of the Underserved Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He also served as the President of the Northern California Allergy Association.  

Dr. Lenoir served as the President of the National Association of Physician Broadcasters.  In 1994 and 2001, Dr. LeNoir received the Ken Alvord Distinguished Community Service Award from that organization. He was one of 50 physicians, nationwide, chosen to receive the Pfizer Positive Physician Award from the American Medical Association.  Additionally, in 1988, he was named the Oakland Citizen of the Year by the Oakland Tribune and named one of America’s leading African American Allergist by Black Enterprise Magazine in the August 2001 and 2008 issues. Since 2000, every year including 2016, Dr. Lenoir has been named as one of the 200 best physicians by San Francisco or by Oakland Magazine. He has served as the President of the Ethnic Health Institute at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Chair of the Board of the African American Wellness Project. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors at Children’s Hospital Oakland.