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Dr. Benjamin is a member of the Institute of Medicine – the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, which was chartered under President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
As founder and CEO of the rural BayouClinic in Bayou La Batre, Dr. Regina Benjamin is making a difference to the underserved poor in a small fishing village on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. It is a town of about 2500 people, about 80 percent of her patients live below the poverty level.
May 19, 2020 · What I Do. My goal was to create a grassroots movement, to change our health care system from one focused on sickness and disease to a system focused on wellness and prevention. Learn More.
Jul 14, 2009 · Stan Wright, Bayou La Batre’s mayor, said Dr. Benjamin had driven a Toyota pickup with mud tires in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to tend to her patients wherever they lay. Mr. Wright is on ...
Feb 23, 2011 · Before becoming Surgeon General, I served on the Sullivan Commission, a blue-ribbon panel that looked for ways to diversify the health care workforce. The commission found that, while 25 percent of the nation’s population is minority, only 6 percent of physicians are minorities.
Dec 20, 2022 · “I learned that my patients had problems that the prescription pad by itself couldn't take care of, like adequate housing – especially after (Hurricane) Katrina – employment opportunities ...
Jun 13, 2013 · Jacquelyn Martin/AP. After four years on the job, the nation's top doctor is leaving. U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced late Wednesay that she plans to step down next month. "Regina ...
