physician, radio talk show host, chief medical editor for national broadcasting company for the gulf coast, first black chief resident of pediatrics at tulane university, chief executive officer of community health tv. robert walter johnson tennis instructor for althea gibson and arthur ashe, physician and educator. alonzo homer kenniebrew 1897 founder of new home sanitarium, the first african-american-owned and -operated surgical hospital in america. robert lee 1944 south carolina-born dentist who emigrated to ghana in 1956 and operated a dental practice there for nearly five decades until his retirement in 2002. john angelo lester 1895 professor emeritus of physiology, hospital surgeon for company g, unattached, (colored) of tennessee state guard, secretary of meharry alumni association, member of colored methodist episcopal church. monroe alpheus majors 1886 physician and writer and civil rights activist in texas and los angeles, california. eleanor l. makel 1943 supervising medical officer, st. elizabeths hospital. audrey f. manley 1959 surgeon general of the united states, president spelman college. john e. maupin jr. ninth president of meharry medical college in 1994. lloyd tevis miller 1893 medical director of the afro-american sons and daughters hospital in yazoo city, mississippi (1928-1950) conrad murray personal physician of michael jackson, convicted of involuntary manslaughter in jackson's death on june 25, 2009. louis pendleton dentist and civil rights leader in shreveport, louisiana. james maxie ponder first african american physician in st. petersburg, florida. theresa greene reed 1949 first african-american woman epidemiologist. charles victor roman 1899 founder and head of the department of ophthalmology and otolaryngology at meharry medical college. frank s. royal 1968 chair of meharry medical college's board; director of public companies; former president of the national medical association. william b. sawyer founder of miami's first hospital for african americans c. o. simpkins sr. dentist and civil rights leader in shreveport; member of the louisiana house of representatives from 1992 to 1996. walter r. tucker jr. former mayor of compton, california. matthew walker sr. 1934 former professor and chairman of the department of surgery, meharry. georgia e. l. patton washington 1893 first african american woman licensed to practice medicine in tennessee. emma rochelle wheeler 1905 founder of walden hospital and school of nursing, both serving african americans, in chattanooga. charles h. wright 1943 founder of the charles h. wright museum of african american history. joyce yerwood 1933 physician and social justice advocate. first female african american physician in fairfield county, connecticut. founded the yerwood center, an african american community center in stamford, connecticut. james robert gladden 1939 first african american to be board certified by the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons (aaos), in 1949. he also became the first african american to be elected a fellow of the american college of surgeons, in 1951.