David D. Tanner, M.D., received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia and earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University. He completed his internship and residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, affiliated with Washington University. Dr. Tanner served as Chief Resident of the hospital from 1976-1977 while completing a fellowship in Ambulatory Pediatrics. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Tanner is board certified by both the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He is active in the MAG and a member of AMA.

Dr. Tanner held positions on both the Board of the Medical Association of Metropolitan Atlanta, where he served as President from 1993-1994, and the Board of the Medical Association of Georgia. He is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Allergy and Immunology Society of Georgia. Dr. Tanner is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Department of Allergy and Immunology at Emory University and serves as a volunteer at Grady Hospital's Allergy and Asthma Clinic.

Dr. Tanner and his wife, Leslie, live in Atlanta and have three children. He stays busy helping them with their school activities, studies and sports. He occupies his leisure time with running, tennis and gardening.