History of Zollicoffer

About Dr. Lawrence Zollicoffer

	Dr. Lawrence Zollicoffer, MD, (1930-1976) was the fourth African-American graduate of the UNC School of Medicine and founder of the Garywn Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zollicoffer graduated from NC A&T State University at age 17, the youngest to do so. He then earned his medical degree in 1962 from the UNC School of Medicine after waiting nearly a decade for its doors to open to students of color. A supporter and activist for civil and human rights, Dr. Zollicoffer dedicated his life to the health care of the community in which he practiced. Throughout his life, he exemplified qualities which students admire and hope to emulate as future physicians.

Dr. Lawrence Zollicoffer, MD, (1930-1976) was the fourth African-American graduate of the UNC School of Medicine and founder of the Garywn Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Zollicoffer graduated from NC A&T State University at age 17, the youngest to do so. He then earned his medical degree in 1962 from the UNC School of Medicine after waiting nearly a decade for its doors to open to students of color.

A supporter and activist for civil and human rights, Dr. Zollicoffer dedicated his life to the health care of the community in which he practiced. Throughout his life, he exemplified qualities which students admire and hope to emulate as future physicians.

33rd Annual Zollicoffer-Merrimon Lectureship

The Zollicoffer Lectureship was established in 1981 by members of the UNC chapter of the Student National Medical Association with the support of the Dean Bondurant of the UNC School of Medicine. It is named in honor of Lawrence Zollicoffer, MD. By means of the lecture, we hope to increase the awareness of minority health issues and introduce the student body to dynamic minority role models in the field of medicine. In 2004, the Merrimon Family joined in providing support to this program.

Past Zollicoffer Speakers

2013	Brenda Armstrong, MD Associate Dean of Medical Education Dean of Admissions Duke University School of Medicine
2012	Marie A. Bernard, MD Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health
2011	Elijah Saunders, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA Professor of Medicine Head of the Hypertension Section in the Division of Cardiology University of Maryland School of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Meharry Medical College Vice President for Graduate Medical Education and Affiliations University of Maryland Hospital
2010	Wanda Nicholson, MD, MPH, MBA Associate Professor in the Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Family Health Sciences Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health
2000s
2009	Sandra Hooker-Harris, PhD Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Research Affairs Professor in the Department of Pathology Morehouse School of Medicine	2004	James W. Collins, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatrics Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
2008	Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD Dean School of Medicine Senior Vice President of Health Affairs Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Meharry Medical School	2003	Lynt B. Johnson, MD Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery Georgetown University Medical Center
2007	Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FACS, FCCM Director of the Adult Trauma Service Johns Hopkins Hospital Professor of Surgery Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University	2002	Marcus L. Martin, MD, FACEP Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine University of Virginia
2006	Valerie E. Stone, MD, MPH Director of the Primary Care Residency Program and Associate Chief in the General Medicine Unit Massachusetts General Hospital	2001	L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM Brickhouse Professor Chairman of the Department of Surgery Eastern Virginia Medical School
2005	Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management Johns Hopkins University, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research	2000	Dennis McBride, MD, MPH State Health Director Assistant Secretary of Health North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
1990s
1999	Edward G. Helm, M.D., F.A.C.S. Associate Dean of Community and Minority Health Education Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery Head, Section of Surgical Endoscopy Louisiana State University School of Medicine	1994	Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD Assistant Dean, Government and Community Programs Harvard School of Public Health
1998	Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in Medicine Associate Professor, Department of the History of Medicine, History of Science and Family Medicine The University of Wisconsin at Madison	1993	Ezra C. Davidson, Jr., MD Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
1997	Eddie L. Hoover, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery State University of New York at Buffalo	1992	Haile T. Debas, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery University of California at San Francisco
1996	Reed V. Tuckson, MD President Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science	1991	Janice Douglas, MD Professor of Medicine University Hospital & Case Western Reserve University
1995	Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA Executive Vice-President, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco	1990	James R. Gavin, MD, PhD Professor for Diabetes Studies and Medicine University of Oklahoma Health Services
1980s
1989	Richard A. Williams, MD Professor of Medicine University of California at Los Angeles	1984	Vivian W. Pinn, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology Howard University College of Medicine
1988	Festus O. Adelbonojo, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics Meharry Medical College	1983	William W. Funderbunk, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery Howard University College of Medicine
1987	Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD Professor of Surgery University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	1982	Alvin F. Poussaint, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Harvard University College of Medicine
1986	Jean Spurloch, MD Deputy Medical Director American Psychiatry Association	1981	Louis W. Sullivan, MD Secretary of Health and Human Services
1985	Donald L. Wilson, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine State University of New York Downstate Medical Center

2012 Marie A. Bernard, MD

Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging

National Institutes of Health

About Dr. Lawrence Zollicoffer

33rd Annual Zollicoffer-Merrimon Lectureship

Past Zollicoffer Speakers

2000s

1990s

1980s