Dr Maria J Merino

Maria J. Merino, M.D., chief of the Surgical Pathology Section of the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Cancer Research, is internationally recognized for her work in anatomic pathology.

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Dr Linda S Austin

Through her lectures, workshops, syndicated radio programs and other communications media, Linda Austin, M.D., expands her clinical care to educate people across the country on substance abuse and mental health issues.

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Dr Judith Flores

Judith Flores, M.D., developed an award-winning bilingual, bicultural asthma management program that reached out to New York City’s Hispanic community in Brooklyn. The program has improved the quality of life for people with asthma and reduced the severity of asthma attacks.

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Dr Katherine A Flores

Katherine A. Flores established two programs to encourage disadvantaged students to pursue careers in medicine, which provide academic support and health science enrichment to young people who might not otherwise be successful in their educational experiences—or be thinking about medical careers.

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Dr Flavia Mercado

As a bilingual physician and educator, Dr. Flavia Mercado teaches the value of cultural competency. More than sharing a language, cultural competency requires that physicians are aware of cultural differences and treat all patients respectfully, an ideal Mercado instills in every medical student she teaches.

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Dr Elizabeth Theresa Lee-Ray

In 2002, she was named co-director of New York’s Hispanic Center of Excellence at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She also has worked to establish a self-sustaining peer-run network aimed at the Hispanic adolescent male, to promote health and prevent disease with community-based support.

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Dr Elena V Rios

Dr. Elena Rios was one of the founders of the National Network of Latin American Medical Students and the National Hispanic Medical Association.

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Felicitas Mendez

Mother of the children at the heart of the Mendez et al v. Westminster School District of Orange County et al court case on racial segregation in the California public school system.

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