Inductee Category: <span>Medicine</span>
Dr. Ophelia E. Garmon-Brown
Ophelia Garmon-Brown, a North Carolina Central University alumna, is a Charlotte physician and health-system executive. She has led community-health and faith-based medical outreach in…
Dr. Joycelyn Elders
Joycelyn Elders, a Philander Smith College alumna and pediatric endocrinologist, became the first African American U.S. Surgeon General. As Arkansas health director and then…
Dr. John E. Maupin, Jr.
John E. Maupin Jr., a Meharry Medical College alumnus, served as president of Meharry and earlier of Morehouse School of Medicine. A dentist by…
Dr. Bettye Davis-Lewis
Prairie View A&M University
Dr. Georgia M. Dunston
Georgia M. Dunston, a Norfolk State University alumna, is a geneticist who founded the National Human Genome Center at Howard University. Her work focused…
Dr. Frank S. Royal
Frank S. Royal, a Virginia Union University graduate, is a Richmond physician who chaired the Meharry Medical College board and served in national medical…
Dr. Edward A. Rankin
Lincoln University
Dr. Ezra C. Davidson, Jr.
Meharry Medical College
Dr. Vernard Hodges
Dr. Vernard Hodges is a Fort Valley State University alumnus, veterinarian, and entrepreneur. With Dr. Terrence Ferguson he co-stars on National Geographic Wild’s Critter…
Dr. Alvin H. Crawford
Alvin H. Crawford, a Tennessee State University alumnus, is an orthopedic surgeon who built a pediatric spine practice at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and taught…