Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville,Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College,it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South. While the majority of African Americans lived in the South,they were excluded from many public and private racially segregated institutions of higher education,particularly after the end of Reconstruction.
Louis Wade Sullivan is an active health policy leader,minority health advocate,author,physician,and educator. He served as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services during President George H. W. Bush's Administration and was Founding Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (ΑΩΑ) is an honor society in the field of medicine.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private university in Willowbrook,California,focused on health sciences. It was founded in 1966 in response to inadequate medical access within the Watts region of Los Angeles,California. The university is named in honor of Charles R. Drew.
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is an independent and private historically-Black medical school in Atlanta,Georgia. Originally a part of Morehouse College,the school became independent in 1981.
Regina Marcia Benjamin is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Benjamin previously directed a nonprofit primary care medical clinic in Bayou La Batre,Alabama,and served on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine.
The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is an academic journal founded in 1990 by David Satcher,then President of Meharry Medical College who later became the 16th Surgeon General of the United States. JHCPU is published by the Johns Hopkins University Press for Meharry and is affiliated with the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved.
Robert Lee "Bobby" Satcher Jr. is an American orthopedic surgeon,chemical engineer,and former NASA astronaut. He participated in two spacewalks during STS-129,accumulating 12 hours and 19 minutes of extravehicular activity. Satcher holds two doctorates and has received numerous awards and honors as a surgeon and engineer.
Dr Dorothy Lavinia Brown,also known as "Dr. D.",was an African-American surgeon,legislator,and teacher. She was the first female surgeon of African-American ancestry from the Southeastern United States. She was also the first African American female to serve in the Tennessee General Assembly as she was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. While serving in the House of Representatives,Brown fought for women's rights and for the rights of people of color.
Helene D. Gayle is an American physician,and academic and non-profit administrator. She has been president of Spelman College since 2023. She formerly was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust,one of the nation's leading community foundations. Earlier in her career she was the director of international humanitarian organization CARE,and spent much of her career in the field of public health research in epidemiology at the CDC.
Matthew Walker Sr. was an American physician and surgeon. He was one of the first African Americans to become a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was one of the most prominent Black doctors in the 20th century in the United States.
Charles DeWitt Watts was an African-American surgeon and activist for the poor. Watts was the first surgeon of African-American ancestry in North Carolina. Earning his medical degree in 1943 from Howard University College,he was the first African-American board-certified surgeon to serve in North Carolina. After surgical training at Freedman's Hospital in Washington,D.C.,in 1949,he moved to Durham,North Carolina,in 1950 and established a clinic to provide access to medical services for the poor. Breaking the social customs of racial obstacles,he advocated for certification of African-American medical students. He also became a member of many professional colleges including the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine and the American College of Surgeons. He served as chief of surgery at Durham's Lincoln Hospital and was later one of the key figures in converting it to the Lincoln Community Health Center,a low-priced clinic for the poor.
Robert Fulton Boyd was an African-American medical doctor,professor,politician,and one of the co-founders of the National Medical Association,serving as its first president between 1895-1898. He also researched the effects of racial segregation in healthcare.
Rosalyn P. Scott is an American thoracic surgeon known for her work in education and for being the first African-American woman to become a thoracic surgeon.
Valerie Montgomery Rice is an American obstetrician,gynecologist,and college administrator. She is the president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine.
Camara Phyllis Jones is an American physician,epidemiologist,and anti-racism activist who specializes in the effects of racism and social inequalities on health. She is known for her work in defining institutional racism,personally mediated racism,and internalized racism in the context of modern U.S. race relations. During the COVID-19 pandemic,Jones drew attention to why racism and not race is a risk factor and called for actions to address structural racism.
Richard Allen Williams is an American physician who is founder of the Association of Black Cardiologists. He previously served as the President of the National Medical Association.
LaMar Hasbrouck is an African-American physician,CDC-trained medical epidemiologist,and public health leader. Hasbrouck is the former executive director for the National Association of County and City Health Officials,and former director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and State Health Officer for Illinois. He is a health policy contributing writer for The Hill,recurrent guest on CNN,former host of AMA Doc Talk,a podcast by the American Medical Association and managing Director for DLM LLC,a health consulting firm.
Daniel E. Dawes,J.D., is a healthcare and public health scholar,health policy expert,educator,and researcher. He serves as professor and founding dean of the School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College,as well as senior vice president of Global Health at the same institution. Previously,he was the executive director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and a professor of health law,policy,and management at Morehouse School of Medicine,where he also served as vice president.
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