Alan Rodney, M.D., is board-certified in medical oncology and hematology. He received his B.S. from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, graduating with Magna Cum Laude honors. He completed his internship and residency for internal medicine at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in May 2000, prior to a hematology/oncology fellowship at MD Anderson […]
Dr. Claudia L. Thomas made history when she became the first Black woman orthopaedic surgeon in the United States in 1980. Today, Dr. Thomas is a partner in an all-Black orthopaedic practice and inspires others as a speaker, author and public figure. Thomas was born in Brooklyn, New York, attending the famous High School […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon turned conservative star, has confirmed that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Carson, who has never run for public office, is expected to be the only high-profile African-American to enter the GOP’s presidential primary as he tries to parlay his success as an author and […]
Since 2009, Dr. Paul Underwood has been a medical director at Boston Scientific, a global company that develops and distributes minimally invasive implantable medical devices such as cardiac stents, pacemakers, defibrillators and heart valves. He is also the medical director for Close the Gap, a Boston Scientific solution-oriented health equity initiative committed to eliminating cardiovascular health […]
Pioneering heart surgeon, educator and civil rights activist Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. died last Friday. Dr. Watkins leaves behind a series of barrier-shattering achievements and a legacy of promoting change for future Black doctors and activists. Born June 13, 1944 in Parson, Kan., Dr. Watkins’ father, Levi Sr., was the sixth president of Alabama […]
Tia D. Olds, MD, is a radiation oncologist at New York Oncology Hematology, a practice in The US Oncology Network, in Albany, NY. She earned her medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, interning at Saint Vincent’s Medical Center in Staten Island, NY, and serving her residency in radiation oncology at SUNY […]
Dr. Ryan Williams is a colorectal surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. A graduate of Albion College, he completed medical school at Michigan State University. Williams specializes in diseases of the colon and rectum. Colon cancer is one of the most common types of cancer and it’s preventable. If detected early, it’s also one of the […]
Renowned author Langston Hughes once asked ‘What happens to a dream deferred?’ For most, that early desire is swallowed up by the realities of life and largely dismissed, because some put an expiration date on dreams. But Dr. Karen Morris Priester is living proof that dreams can be achieved despite any circumstance. While history has […]
Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. a retired heart surgeon and educator, has made history a few times over the course of his four-decade career in medicine. On this day in 1980, Dr. Watkins performed the first human application of the Automatic Implantable Defibrillator (AID) at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Watkins, born June 13, […]
Dr. Jennifer Ellis is in a very exclusive sorority. She is one of only five board-certified, Black female cardiothoracic surgeons in the U.S. The Washington, D.C. native was influenced to become a doctor partly by her psychiatrist father, who encouraged his children’s ambitions in any arena, but also by a childhood babysitter with a congenital […]
Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd is a board certified dermatologist specializing in the treatment of pigmentation disorders. She completed her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University and later earned her medical degree at the University of Miami School of Medicine. She completed her training in dermatology at the University of Miami where she also served as chief […]
Dr. William Washington is a board-certified physician in private practice in Ohio. He was educated at Ohio State University, earning his medical degree there in 1989. Dr. Washington remains particularly excited about the opportunity to contribute to the awareness of health matters affecting the community in general, and African-Americans specifically. Dr. Washington was a keynote […]
