02/12/2026
🖤👩🏽⚕️ Honoring Black leaders in pediatrics 👨🏾⚕️🖤
Black physicians and researchers have shaped pediatric care through innovation, advocacy, and leadership. Representation in medicine matters—it builds trust, strengthens care, and helps families feel seen and heard.
✨ A few pioneers we want to highlight:
• Dr. Natalia Tanner – The first African American female physician to receive a fellowship from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Vivien Thomas – A brilliant surgical technician whose work helped pioneer pediatric heart surgery alongside Dr. Alfred Blalock, saving countless children’s lives despite facing immense racism.
• Dr. Doris Wethers – A hematologist and trailblazer in sickle cell disease research, whose advocacy for newborn screening transformed outcomes for children and mentored generations of Black physicians.
We honor their legacy and the continued impact of Black leaders in medicine—past, present, and future. 🤍