Dr. Marcellina Tomi Coker is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with thirty two years of experience in the United Kingdom National Health Service. A Fellow of the Royal College Of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and an alumni of Harvard Business School. Tomi is a dynamic strategic healthcare administrator of African Descent based in UK, driven by …
Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo is the WHO Country Representative (WR) to Nigeria. A longstanding and well-respected WHO international expert. He is a public health epidemiologist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with over 30 years of progressive experience in clinical practice, management of primary health care, health policy dialogue, governance and coordination, as well …
Dr. Ayobami Kuyoro is the Managing Director, Iwosan Lagoon Hospitals. She is an experienced General Practitioner and a seasoned healthcare administrator. She joined the Lagoon Hospitals in 2008, worked in various capacities and handled core strategic organizational duties as she rose through the ranks. She was pivotal to the development of the Health Assessment Clinic …
Dr.DuBois Bowman is the Dean of the University of Michigan (UM) School of Public Health. He is a renowned expert in the statistical analysis of large complex data sets. He joined the school in 2018 and leads the organization with expertise in biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health behavior and health education, health management and …
Dr.Duclas M.Charles is the Founder & Executive Director at Black Health Connect. The Mission of Black Health Connect is to create and curate a digital and physical hub for Black Healthcare Professionals. It aims to foster an interdisciplinary and intergenerational network of aspiring and practicing health professionals, executives, and healthcare organizations with the common goals …
Ebenezer Puplampu is the Chief People Officer, at Mercy Ships Organization. He leads the charge to position the HR function globally federated towards the realization of Mercy Ships’ Global Strategic objective of serving Africans by effectively using the 2-ship platform to provide direct surgical care and building best-in-class medical capacity in partnership with the African …
Dr.Hend El Sherbini has been Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH) Group’s CEO since 2012, when the company was formed following the merger of Al Mokhtabar and Al Borg Laboratories. Today, IDH is a leading consumer healthcare company in Africa and the industry leader in Egypt. El Sherbini, who had led Al Mokhtabar since 2004, took the …
Igor Leo Rocha is the CEO at AfroSaúde, a company that develops health solutions with social and organizational objectives, with special attention to the black population. He graduated in Communication and specialist in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Business. Congratulations!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African Descent Worldwide, visit http://www.mipad.org/nominate To become a MIPADian, enroll …
Dr.Ije Akunyili, MD, MBA, MPA, is the Chief Medical Officer,Jersey City Medical Centre,USA. She is the Medical Center’s first Black Chief Medical Officer. In her most recent role, Dr. Akunyili served as the Regional Medical Director for TeamHealth, Northeast Group, where she had strategic, operational, and clinical oversight of nearly twenty emergency departments, critical care, …
Ikenna Okezie, MD, MBA is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Somatus, the market leader in value-based kidney care. Dr. Okezie founded Somatus in 2016 to introduce a preventive and more holistic solution for patients with or at risk of developing Chronic Kidney Disease or End-Stage Renal Disease. Under his leadership, the organization has …