Regina Benjamin, your next surgeon general, has Georgia roots
July 13, 2009 at 10:38 am by Thomas Wheatley in News
Jake Tapper of ABC News tweets that President Barack Obama today will name Dr. Regina Benjamin as surgeon general.
Benjamin, who’s the founder and CEO of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala., isn’t as entrenched in Atlanta as local heartthrob Sanjay Gupta. (The CNN anchor and Atlanta-based neurosurgeon opted not to be considered for the post in March.) But she’s got a connection.
From Benjamin’s bio:
Regina Benjamin received a B.S. (1979) from Xavier University of Louisiana, attended Morehouse School of Medicine from 1980 to 1982, and received an M.D. (1984) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham; she also holds an M.B.A. (1991) from Tulane University. She completed her residency in family practice at the Medical Center of Central Georgia (1987).
Finally, those liberal elitists are showing some love for Southerners!
(Courtesy MacArthur Foundation)
July 13th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I am looking forwrd to seeing how all the Alabama bashers find a way to make this okay. She was educated at UAB and University of South Alabama.
This may be better than the “He wasn’t looking at her ass” threads.
\BTW, kudos to Obama, Dr Benjamin looks like a good choice for Surgeon General.