Dr. Edith Irby Jones
In 1948, nine years before the “Little Rock Nine” integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, Edith Irby Jones became the first black student...
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Helene D. Gayle
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“Dr. Gayle exemplifies the best in public health leadership,” said Dr. David Satcher, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June 1999,...
Muriel Petioni, M. D.
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Muriel Petioni, M. D., was dubbed the “matron of Harlem health.” Petioni’s response? “Yup…They call me a legend.” She was an energetic, mischievous pioneer and...
Shirley F. Marks, M.D.
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Shirley F. Marks, M.D., is nationally recognized for her efforts to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and for advocating parity in mental health...
Dr. Gertrude Hunter
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As national director of health services for Project Head Start in 1965, Dr. Gertrude Hunter helped implement the first national comprehensive health program to immunize,...
Elizabeth Ofili
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Because she had trained overseas, when Elizabeth Ofili, M.B.B.S., first came to the United States from Nigeria in 1982, she had to work especially hard...
Debi Thomas, M.D
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Debi Thomas, M.D., grew up wanting to be a champion figure skater and a doctor, and she has succeeded as both. In 1988 she won...
Lucille Perez, M.D
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Lucille Perez, M.D., was associate director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the...
Dr. Paula Johnson
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Dr. Paula Johnson is a women’s health specialist and a pioneer in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease. She conceived of and developed one...
Clara Arena Brawner, M.D.
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In the mid-1950s, Clara Arena Brawner, M.D., was the only practicing African American physician in Memphis, Tennessee. Over the next thirty years, she branched out...