Please join the A.B. Freeman School of Business and the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine as we launch the inaugural Dr. Regina Benjamin Distinguished Lecture Series:
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Uptown Campus
Further details to follow
Welcome remarks by Tulane President Michael A. Fitts
Featuring:
Dr. Regina Benjamin
18th United States Surgeon General, 2009-2013
Founder and CEO of BayouClinic, Inc. / Gulf States Health Policy Center
Paulo Goes
Dean, A.B. Freeman School of Business
Thomas LaVeist
Dean, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
About Dr. Regina Benjamin
Dr. Regina Benjamin served as the 18th United States Surgeon General under former President Barack Obama from 2009-2013 and as chair of the National Prevention Council, which is 17 cabinet-level federal agencies that create the road map for the nation’s health through the development of the National Prevention Strategy.
She earned her MBA from Tulane’s A. B. Freeman School of Business in 1991 and received an honorary degree of Doctor of Science at Tulane’s 2010 Unified Commencement. Benjamin was awarded the University Distinguished Alumnus/na Award in 2012. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana, attended the Morehouse School of Medicine and received her M.D. degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Benjamin holds the NOLA.com/Times-Picayune Endowed Chair of Public Health Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana. Additionally, she is the founder and chief executive officer of BayouClinic, Inc. /Gulf States Health Policy Center in Alabama.
The Dr. Regina Benjamin Distinguished Lecture Series is part of the Tulane Trailblazers initiative, which was established in 2019 by Tulane University President Michael A. Fitts to celebrate individuals who have made our university a more inclusive and diverse academic community.
