Dr. Isaiah Pickens is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in consulting, counseling, and educational services for families, teens, and young adults. He is currently Assistant Director of the Service Systems Program at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS), the coordinating site of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). In this […]

Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., is Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he oversees the third largest institute, with an annual budget of approximately $3 billion and nearly 1,000 employees. Dr. Gibbons has made many scientific contributions and received several patents for innovations in […]

Dr. Jen Caudle s a Board Certified Family Physician and Assistant Professor at Rowan University. She frequently appears as a health expert on The Dr. Oz Show, CBS 3 Philadelphia News, Fox News, CNN, HLN and others. As we near the Presidential Inauguration, I have noticed that many people are experiencing lots of different emotions. […]

Dr. Diarra Blue (pictured, right)  is one of three founding members of the Animalscopic veterinarian group. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Blue gained a passion for animals during his early adolescence by becoming the neighborhood veterinarian for household pets. He later attended Tuskegee University where he received a Bachelor of Animal Science and […]

  Hadiyah-Nicole Green completed her B.S. degree in Physics with a concentration in Optics and a minor in Mathematics from Alabama A&M University in 1999. She received her M.S. in Physics with a concentration in Nanobiophotonics in 2009 and her Ph.D. in Physics in 2012 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She incorporated […]

  Dr. Afriye Amerson is a Board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. During her training at George Washington Medical School, Dr. Amerson also studied Eastern and African healing arts and became a Reiki Master.  She includes both holistic healing as well as traditional Western medicine in her practice. For the past 14 years, Dr. Amerson has encountered […]

Dr. Draion M. Burch, DO (Dr. Drai) – a highly respected, board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist – is a nationally-recognized author, speaker, consultant, and go-to media expert on women’s health and transgender health issues. He travels the country to meet with women one-on-one and in groups to provide and instruct on healthcare. Although Dr. Drai may […]

  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 […]

  Orlando M. Gutiérrez, M.D., M.M.Sc., obtained his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine in 2002. He then completed internship and residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 2002 to 2005, and a clinical and research fellowship in nephrology from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Joint […]

Dr. John Kitchens is a retina specialist in Lexington, Kentucky. He specializes in eye problems related to diabetes. Here are some of the sobering facts on diabetes and its impact on the eyes. Diabetes and African Americans:  Compared to the general population, African-Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes: 13.2% of all African Americans aged 20 […]

  Dr. Jennifer Caudle  is a Board Certified Family Physician and Assistant Professor at Rowan University in New Jersey. She frequently appears as a health expert on CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, HuffPostLive and CBS 3 Philadelphia News. You can find her at her offfical website HERE.  Is the measles outbreak something you should be […]

  Tomica Young is a Senior Marketing Project Manager for UnitedHealthcare’s Health Exchange Marketplace division. Prior to UnitedHealthcare, she served as Advertising Manager for BellSouth’s Consumer DSL department. She has a M.B.A. in Marketing from Mercer University in Atlanta and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. Young is passionate […]