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Dr. B. Cameron Webb is a physician and lawyer who works at the intersection of health and social justice. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he is the Director of Health Policy and Equity in the School’s Department of Public Health Sciences.

Brandi Kaye Freeman, MD MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Lauren and Victoria Coaxum like to stay busy. The Douglassville sisters, ages 22 and 20, respectively, have their plates full pursuing careers in medicine. Victoria is a junior pre-medical student of neuroscience at Duke University.

Department of Health and Social Services Secretary Kara Odom Walker, a board-certified family physician, was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine, Academy President Victor Dzau announced Oct. 15 during the organization’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

If you are considering Lasik Eye Surgery, you can thank this woman who invented the procedure in 2000. She holds four of the patents on the procedure so you will be assisting her in her philanthropic work and helping her Alma Mata, Howard University through her endowment if you do get the procedure.

The AMA said Salman was selected from “a competitive national pool of applicants” for the honor. He served as founding chair of the committee last year.

Anesthesiologist Vivian Porche, M.D., could be considered the Texas Medical Center’s very own Mary Poppins and now her daughter Bobbi is following in her high-flying footsteps.

Diversity is the right thing to do. That was the message of the 13th annual John H. Gladney Diversity Awards, held May 2 by the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.