Mentors, Early Influencers Led to Physician Leadership Path
Mentors, Early Influencers Led to Physician Leadership Path
February 24, 2021, 8:54 am Michael Devitt On Oct. 13, 2020, Ada Stewart, M.D., a family physician with Cooperative Health in Columbia, S.C.,
officially began her term as the third Black person, and the first Black woman, to serve as president of the AAFP.
In her extraordinary career, Stewart (seen here at her medical school graduation with close friend Barbie Norman, M.D.) has provided care to underrepresented populations in Ohio and South Carolina, first as a pharmacist and then as a family physician. Among other accomplishments, she has served as president and board chair of the South Carolina chapter of the AAFP and was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, she joined the military; she eventually reached the rank of colonel and continues to serve in the U.S. Army Reserves.
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