Damon Scott Tweedy is an American physician who is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Duke University School of Medicine.

In 2015 Tweedy published his memoir, Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine.

[1] He was an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he played UMBC Retrievers men's basketball.

[7] This influences the demographics of patients who take part in clinical studies, which lessens the impact of medical research.

"[9] Black Man in a White Coat was selected as one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books by Time magazine.