Stanford remains a Pennsylvania-based physician and health equity advocate, founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and the Center for Health Equity. She is regarded as a national leader in health equity with service as the mid-Atlantic regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Biden. Her COVID-19 work emphasized testing and vaccination access in underserved communities. Dr. Stanford also rose to prominence in lists and profiles highlighting her work in social justice and medicine within Pennsylvania and national health circles. Her leadership and initiatives shapes how communities access care today.
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Ala Stanford, Philadelphia pediatric surgeon, named to 2023 STATUS List. It's an annual listing of changemakers in health and medicine from STAT News.
www.statnews.comDr. Stanford then opened a multidisciplinary ambulatory care center bearing her name in Allegheny West, a neighborhood in Philadelphia with one of the lowest life expectancies in the city. Soon thereafter, Dr. Stanford was appointed mid-Atlantic regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by President Biden, where she served for a year before resuming her role at her care center. … “Working at the vital intersections of health equality and social justice, her tireless...
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science.psu.eduAla Stanford is the founder of the Black Doctors Consortium and Center for Health Equity and R.E.A.L. Concierge Medicine. She is a national leader in health equity, a health care policy advisor, and former regional director of the US Department of Health and Human Services of the mid-Atlantic appointed by President Biden. A practicing physician […]
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