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    Regina Benjamin

    18th Surgeon General of the United States

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      • Benjamin was born in Mobile, Alabama on October 26, 1956. She graduated from Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama, and then attended college at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, where she was initiated into the Gamma Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
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  2. She graduated from Fairhope High School, on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, then went to college in New Orleans at Xavier University, where she encountered African American professionals, including medical doctors. She graduated with a degree in Chemistry in 1979.

  3. May 3, 2024 · Benjamin received a B.S. (1979) from Xavier University of Louisiana. After first attending (1980–82) the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, Benjamin obtained an M.D. (1984) from the University of Alabama and completed a residency in family practice at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in 1987.

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  4. Early life and education. Benjamin was born in Mobile, Alabama on October 26, 1956. [2] . She graduated from Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama, and then attended college at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, [3] where she was initiated into the Gamma Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

  5. Dr. Benjamin has a B.S. in chemistry from Xavier University, New Orleans, an M.D. degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an MBA from Tulane University. She attended Morehouse School of Medicine and completed her family medicine residency in Macon, Ga. Dr. Benjamin is the recipient of 22 honorary degrees.

  6. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979. In 1984 she completed her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Then Benjamin began her residency program. A residency program is a training program for doctors. She focused on family medicine. Career.

  7. Aug 11, 2009 · Despite her family’s poverty Regina Benjamin set her sights on college. She enrolled in Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana where she met an African American physician for the first time. This encounter persuaded her to pursue a career in medicine.

  8. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Geography. Location: Alabama. Ethnicity. Black, not of Hispanic Origin. Career Path. General medicine: Family. Open All Close All. Milestones. Year: 2002. Achievement: Dr. Benjamin is the first African American woman to become president of the state medical society of Alabama. Year: 1990.

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