The third annual Lawrence Lackey Jr., M.D. African American History Symposium is underway.

Presented by the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Black Medical Association/Student National Medical Association and Black Men In White Coats, the weekly series of Zoom lectures focuses on facets of Black Americans in medicine.

Presentations can be accessed from noon to 1 p.m. each Wednesday at https://zoom.us/j/99195296270

The series includes:

Feb. 5: Samuel Johnson, M.D., chair of WSU Radiology, on “The Flexner Report,” and the Rev. Donald Tynes, M.D., co-founder of Reach Out to Youth and clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine for the WSU School of Medicine, on “Medicine 4,500 B.C. to the Present.”

Feb. 12: T. Jann Caison-Sorey, M.D., M.S.A., M.B.A., Henry Ford Health pediatrician, on “The Journey of Black Physicians, Trials and Triumphs,” and Theodore Jones, M.D., associate professor of WSU Obstetrics and Gynecology, on "Minority Physicians: Journey to Organized Medicine.”

Feb. 19: Lonnie Joe, M.D., on “The Black History of the Detroit Medical Center,” and Anita Moncrease, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of WSU Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, on “The History of Black Medical Schools in the United States.”

Feb. 26: Aliya Hines, M.D., assistant professor of WSU Dermatology, on “Our Contributions to Medicine,” and Holley Gilmore, M.D., on “From Imhotep to Today: The History and Role of the Black Surgeon in the Struggle.” 

March 5: Stacy Varner, M.D.; Lonnie Joe, M.D.; Theodore Jones, M.D.; Anita Moncrease, M.D., M.P.H.; Ron Charles, M.D.; and Laurie Knight, M.D., on “Faith, Medicine and Black History.”
 
March 12: Patrice Harold, M.D., associate dean of Admissions for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, on “The Long History of the Black Obstetrician,” and Kendall Bell, M.D., on “In The Footsteps of Imhotep.”

March 19: Sonia Eden, M.D., on “African American Presence and Challenge in Neurosurgery,” and Melanie Hanna-Johnson, MD., on “The Black Physician’s Role in Saving Lives.”

March 26: Herman Gray, M.D., M.B.A., chair of WSU Pediatrics, on “Black History in the Pediatric Experience,” and Michelle Hardaway, M.D., on “Black is Beautiful: History of the Role of an African American Plastic Surgeon.”

April 2: Donovan Roy, Ed.D., on "The African American Presence in Medicine: From Sports to Surgery," and Felicia Randolph, M.D., on "The Impact of Blacks in Medicine and Residency.”

April 9: Jonelle Moore on "The History of the Black Doula," and Garrett Smith, M.D., on "The History of Surgery From Imhotep to Modern Times: An Interventional Radiology Approach.”

April 16: Joe Verdun, M.D., on “The Business of Medicine Keeping the Black Physician in Practice,” and Jessie Kimbrough Marshall, M.D., M.P.H., on “Overcoming the Hidden Curriculum Against Blacks, Helping Black Medical Students, Residents and Fellows to Graduate.”

April 23: Gina Lymen Walker, M.D.; Sandra Lackey; David Williams, M.D.; Aaron Maddox; and Jeffery Clark, M.D. in a panel discussion of “The Reality of Being Black in the Field of Medicine.”

April 30: Carolyn King, M.D.; Curtis Longs, M.D.; Kia Anderson, M.D.; and Harriet Verdun, M.D., on “Black Psychiatry and Avenues to Wellness and Avenues to Mental Health.”

May 7: Anita Moncrease, M.D., M.P.H.; Lonnie Joe Jr., M.D.; Cheryl Gibson-Fountain, M.D.; Herman Gray, M.D., M.B.A.; Patrice Harold, M.D.; Theodore Jones, M.D.; Laurie Murphy Knight; Sonia Eden, M.D.; Holley Gilmore, M.D.; and Dennis Treece, M.D., in a panel discussion on “The Attack on Blacks in Medical Schools, Residency and Fellowship Programs.”

May 17: Third annual Lawrence Lackey, M.D., Awards Program.