About Us

Gahan Breithaupt
Office of the Director
Assoc Dir for Manag & Operations


Phone: 301-496-6051
Fax: 301-402-3607
Building: 31, Room: 4C32
E-mail: breithag@mail.nih.gov 

Gahan Breithaupt has served as the Associate Director for Management and Operations at NIAMS since 2004. He is responsible for the administrative, financial, legislative, personnel, information systems, and committee management; management analysis, planning and evaluation, procurement, and information dissemination for the Institute. Gahan serves as the principal advisor to the Director and the Institute’s senior staff on all phases of administrative management involved in operating the Institute. He also coordinates with Program Directors and with other segments of NIH and DHHS to achieve cooperation for interrelated programs at the Institute and between the Institute and other program-related areas at NIH.

Prior to joining NIAMS, Gahan was the Chief Information Officer and manager of the Information Resources Management Branch for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Alabama, Huntsville, and his M.B.A. from Mississippi College, Jackson.