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Article: Chicago doc elected to chair NMA Trustee Board at 2008 meet
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- Chicago Defender
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- August 13, 2008
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Congrats-to Niva Lubin-Johnson, M.D. on her election to chair of the Board of Trustees of the 113-yearold National Medical Association at its 2008 convention in Atlanta, its birthplace. NMA, the largest and oldest organization that represents 25,000-plus African American physicians in the U.S., was founded in 1895, at a time when the American Medical Association admitted only white physicians.
Dr. Lubin-Johnson, a life-long resident of the Chatham community, is a dedicated physician who has been an advocate of quality health care for all, especially the underserved and underrepresented. She received her B.S. degree in pharmacy from Creighton University and her medical degree from Southern ...