Black Enterprise featured its pick of "America's leading doctors" in its May 2008 issue. The list highlighted 140 African-American physicians from across the nation who see patients, teach and conduct research in a range of medical specialties.
To compile the list, the magazine consulted organizations such as the American Medical Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and leading medical schools such as the Howard University, Duke University and the Mayo Medical School. Its research team assigned great weight to innovative doctors who have been involved in medical breakthroughs.
Among those that Black Enterprise deemed the "best and brightest in medicine" were the following Johns Hopkins physicians:
• Arthur Burnett II, Med ‘88, Professor of Urology, Director of the Basic Science Laboratory in Neuro-urology, Director of the Male Consultation Clinic
• Benjamin Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Craniofacial Center, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Pediatrics
• David Nichols, Vice Dean for Education and Professor of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
• Wanda Nicholson, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Neil Powe, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management and Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
• Michael Trice, Assistant Professor, Orthopedics
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