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Rebecca J. Cole (March 16, 1846 – August 14, 1922) was an American physician, organization founder and social reformer.In 1867, she became the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States, after Rebecca Lee Crumpler three years earlier.
Uché Blackstock is an American emergency physician and former associate professor of emergency medicine at the New York University School of Medicine.She is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, which has a primary mission to engage with healthcare and related organizations around bias and racism in healthcare with the goal of mobilizing for health equity and eradicating racialized ...
Valerie Ellen Stone (born 1958) is an American physician who is a professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. She serves as Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital. She specializes in the management of HIV/AIDS, health disparities and improving the quality of medical education.
Black physicians make up only about 3% of American doctors. [2] Black physicians in particular have historically faced numerous obstacles to obtaining membership in the larger medical community. During the 20th century in the United States, groups such as the American Medical Association neglected black physicians and their pursuit of success ...
The National Medical Association (NMA) is the largest and oldest organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States.As a 501(c)(3) national professional and scientific organization, the NMA represents the interests of over 30,000 African American physicians and their patients, with nearly 112 affiliated societies throughout the nation and U.S ...
Over the course of his career, Waitzkin has practiced as a primary care physician in internal medicine and has taught social medicine at a variety of clinics and universities, including the United Farm Workers Clinic in Salinas, California; La Clínica de la Raza in Oakland, California; Stanford University Medical Center; Massachusetts General ...
May Edward Chinn (April 15, 1896 – December 1, 1980) was an American physician. She was the first African-American woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, now NYU School of Medicine, and the first African-American woman to intern at Harlem Hospital. In her private practice, she provided care for black patients who would not ...
2005: Herbert W. Nickens Award, Association of American Medical Colleges [3] 2005: Academic Leadership in Primary Care Award, Morehouse School of Medicine; 2007: Riland Medal for Public Service, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; 2007: Honorary Doctorate, New York Institute of Technology; Board of Directors, National Hispanic Medical ...