Dr. Bennett Omalu is a Forensic Pathologist and Neuropathologist. Dr. Omalu was the first to identify, describe and name Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [CTE] as a disease entity in football players and wrestlers. He is currently the Chief Medical Examiner of San Joaquin County, California, and is the President and Medical Director of Bennet Omalu Pathology. …
Bertha Coombs is a reporter for CNBC, covering financial markets, business news stories and health care throughout the business day. Her health care coverage at CNBC has ranged from covering the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the failed launch of the Obamacare health insurance exchanges, to the push by health insurers, hospitals and …
Charles W. Redding has served as CEO and President of MedShare International, Inc. since 2014. From 2012 until 2014 he served as Chief Operating Officer, leading efforts to expand to a third region in the Northeast with a Sorting and Collection Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Under Charles’ leadership MedShare has experienced record-breaking years of …
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu is the Assistant Director-General for the Division of Health Emergency Intelligence and Surveillance Systems in the Emergencies Programme. He leads the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence. In this role, he brings together a global collaboration of partners from multiple sectors that supports countries and stakeholders to address future pandemic and …
Dr.Chris Agbo, is MBBS,MRCP,FWACP,MSc,FHEA,FAcadMEd,Consultant Renal and Acute medicine. He is the Clinical Lead, Strategy and Transformation, Acute Kidney Injury services and Simulation lead Hinchingbrooke Hospital North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. Well done!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African Descent Worldwide, visit http://www.mipad.org/nominate To become a MIPADian, enroll for Connectology: A Practical Guide to Connect …
Christina Fisher is an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of 34 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies. Today, one in three Americans is covered by the Blue System. Fisher oversees the Association’s finance, enterprise information technology, …
Dr Christine Ekechi is the Co-chair, Race Equality Taskforce at the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. She is a health advocate championing the reduction in gender and racial inequalities in healthcare and equally focussed on maternity safety and serves as a member of the Multi-Professional Advisory Panel for Baby Lifeline – a UK charity …
Dr.Corey Forde is the Head of Infection Prevention & Control Department at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital,Barbados. He is an Infectious Disease Physician with primary medical training at The university of the West Indies three campus Mona, Jamaica, St Augustine, Trinidad and Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. His Journey in Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention and control …
Darlington Akogo is a Global leader in Artificial Intelligence. He’s the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at minoHealth AI Labs; an AI Healthtech company; karaAgro AI; an AI-powered Plant & Pest Disease Detection and Precision Agriculture platform, Runmila AI Institute; an AI and Data Science training institute, and Gudra AI Studio; an organization broadly exploring …
Dolapo Afolayan is a Section Chief-Personnel Licensing at the California Department of Public Health. As a California-certified public health microbiologist, she exercises oversight over 65,000 licensed laboratory personnel in the state of California. She also provides guidance on policy, legislation, and regulations impacting statewide laboratory personnel. Her section is responsible for providing oversight over training …