Dr. Virginia D. Banks, M.D., M.B.A. graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and two years of residency and an infectious disease fellowship at University Hospitals of Cleveland. Dr. Banks holds an M.B.A. from the Williamson School of Business at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.

Dr. Banks is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She is a fellow in the Infectious Disease Society of America and the first Black to receive their prestigious Watanakunakorn Clinician Award. Dr. Banks is with Northeast Ohio Infectious Disease Associates in Youngstown, Ohio. She recently completed fifteen years as head of Infectious Disease at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Horizon Campus in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. While there she was named Clinician of the Year in 2014. Dr. Banks has been involved in medical education for many years. Dr. Banks was the National Chair of The Links, Inc. initiative on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. While in this position Links, Inc collaborated with CDC to bring a Sexual Health Curriculum to historically Black Colleges.