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.
[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] Although Dr. Comings retired in 2002 (and closed his laboratory at the end of 2003), he remained active in the field through 2016.