Lisa Jefferson, DOMedical Director of JenCare Senior Medical Center, Portsmouth The women and children who turn to the H.E.R. Shelter for help have survived traumatic situations, including domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, human trafficking and/or homelessness. Many arrive with only the clothes on their backs, but they need more than emergency housing and … [Read more...] about My Favorite Charity Winter 2023
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My Favorite Charity Summer 2022
LaVonne Hairston, MD, FACOGAssociate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School University Proton Therapy Institute Across the United States, just 5.4 percent of physicians are Black – despite the fact that African Americans make up about 13 percent of the country’s total population. Less than 3 percent of doctors are Black … [Read more...] about My Favorite Charity Summer 2022
My Favorite Charity Spring 2022
Allan F. Thornton, MDRadiation Oncologist, Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute For children undergoing cancer treatments – and for the families on the journey with them – moments of joy are priceless. Enter HUPTI Smiles, a pediatric giving program within the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute. The effort aims to give every child a new toy, stuffed … [Read more...] about My Favorite Charity Spring 2022
My Favorite Charity Winter 2022
NORFOLK SPCAMark B. Kerner, MDHampton Roads Orthopaedics Spine & Sports Medicine Twenty-six years ago, Dr. Mark Kerner moved to Hampton Roads and promptly adopted Princess, an Australian shepherd mix, from the Norfolk SPCA. Princess spent hours playfully herding Dr. Kerner’s young son Joshua around their backyard. On Joshua’s first day of school, she ran onto … [Read more...] about My Favorite Charity Winter 2022
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Medical Schol Stafford G. Brown, Jr., MDHampton Roads Radiology Associates Across the country, less than six percent of all physicians are Black, compared to about 14 percent of the population as a whole. More alarmingly, that figure has barely budged in more than 120 years, according to an April report in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Another study … [Read more...] about Hampton Roads Medical Scholars Institute
