Dr Patricia StandTal Clarke

Patricia StandTal Clarke, M.D., who is part Eastern Band Cherokee (Wolf Clan), is a founding diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine, an ordained Protestant minister, and a physician specializing in an integrative medical approach to treating patients.

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Dr Paula A Johnson

Dr. Paula Johnson was the first African American in the history of Brigham and Women’s Hospital to be chosen as chief medical resident in 1990.

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Dr Michelle Anne Bholat

Dr. Michelle Bholat is the first Latina appointed to the position of vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine at The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.

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Dr Muriel Petioni

Dr. Muriel Petioni was the founder and first chair of Medical Women of the National Medical Association (which became the Council of Women’s Concerns of the National Medical Association).

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Dr Nancy E Jasso

Dr. Nancy Jasso is one of the founding physicians of a laser tattoo-removal project for the San Fernando Valley Violence Prevention Coalition.

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Dr Natalia M Tanner

Dr. Natalia Tanner was the first African American to be accepted into the residency program at the University of Chicago, the first African American board certified pediatrician in Detroit and the first African American woman fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Dr Nereida Correa

Dr. Nereida Correa was the first Hispanic woman to be named chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center.

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Dr Roselyn Payne Epps

Dr. Roselyn Epps was the first African American local president of the American Medical Women’s Association, the first African American and first woman to become president of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the first African American elected national president of the American Medical Women’s Association and the first African American woman president of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia.

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