AAPCHO is pleased to announce that United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin will be the keynote speaker at AAPCHO’s “Cultivating Traditions of Wellness” Gala!
GALA KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A
Dr. Benjamin is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service. She is the Founder and CEO of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Alabama, which aims to provide primary care to people of any age regardless of their financial situation. She previously served as Chair of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, and as the Associate Dean for Rural Health at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Among other honors, Dr. Benjamin received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights in 1998.
Tickets for AAPCHO’s “Cultivating Traditions of Wellness” Gala will be available at the door. To RSVP, please email events@aapcho.org.
