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Meet The First African American To Lead The American Psychiatric Association

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Dr. Altha Stewart, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, is the first first African American slated to become president of the American Psychiatric Association, which traces its roots to 1844.

Congratulations poured in Tuesday as news spread that the national association’s membership, which includes more than 37,000 physicians, had elected Stewart to become the next president-elect, beginning in May. Her year as president…

Please read original article Meet The First African American To Lead The American Psychiatric Association posted on Healthy Black Girls on 17 February 2017 | 4:49 am —

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