Dr. Regina Benjamin was the first Black woman to be elected to the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
After Dr. Benjamin received her medical degree from the
University of Alabama at Birmingham, she returned to her Gulf Coast
hometown, Bayou la Batre, and opened a small rural health clinic; for 13
years, she was the town’s only doctor.
In 1995, at the age of 39,
Benjamin became the first Black woman, and the first person under the
age of 40, to be elected to the American Medical Association Board of
Trustees, and in 2002, she became the first Black female president of
the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. She was chosen “Person
of the Week” by ABC World News Tonight, and “Woman of the Year” by both CBS This Morning and People
magazine.
Benjamin won a $500,000 MacArthur “genius” award in 2008, and
was appointed the 18th surgeon general by President Barack Obama in
2009.
Source: http://blerds.atlantablackstar.com/2014/09/24/11-african-american-medical-pioneers-will-make-proud/
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