David S. Pendley MD

Dr. David S. Pendley is an internal medicine physician with two decades of experience in hospital medicine, diabetes care, and clinical research. He has experience conducting phase 2–4 clinical trials across more than 30 indications and is currently a Principal Investigator and Medical Director at Flourish Research in Birmingham, Alabama.

His research experience spans cardiometabolic disease, including diabetes, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, lipoprotein(a), MASH, and chronic kidney disease, as well as vaccines for COVID-19, influenza, RSV, CMV, meningitis, and pneumococcal disease in pediatric through older adult populations. He has also worked on studies in women’s health, gastroenterology, and pain. Before joining Flourish Research, he served as a research physician in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Pendley earned his BS and MD from the University of South Alabama and completed his residency in internal medicine at University of South Alabama Hospitals in Mobile, where he also served as chief medical resident.

He spent more than a decade at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, where he served as a hospitalist and held several leadership roles. These included Medical Director of the Progressive Care Unit, Medical Director of the Inpatient Glucose Management Service, and Medical Director of the Utah Valley Diabetes Management Clinic. Earlier in his career, he practiced hospital medicine at Gulfport Memorial Hospital in Mississippi.