Benjamin, Regina
1956-present · Contribution: 2009-2013
Family medicine and public health; as Surgeon General, championed prevention, healthy/fit-nation initiatives, breastfeeding support, and health equity for underserved communities
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Impact on the world
18th U.S. Surgeon General; founder of a rural nonprofit clinic (BayouClinic) serving a poor Gulf Coast fishing community; MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow (2008) and a vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service.
Life & background
African-American physician born Oct 26, 1956 in Mobile, AL. MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham; second graduating class of Morehouse School of Medicine.
Sources
- NLM 'Changing the Face of Medicine'; Morehouse School of Medicine
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