Muriel Petioni, M. D.
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...
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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...
Dr. Janice E. Douglas
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Dr. Janice E. Douglas, a fellow of the American Heart Association, decided to research hypertension and how cells control blood pressure after two of her...
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...
Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble
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Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble is a physician and historian of medicine. Raised in a poor neighborhood in West Philadelphia in the 1950s, she has become...