On behalf of UNC School of Medicine & the Zollicoffer family, we are excited to announce the 2024 Zollicoffer Lecture and Banquet will be held on Wednesday, October 2nd.
The lecture will be held at 12:30pm and banquet at 6:30pm with a cocktail hour and SNMA Silent Auction beginning at 5:30pm.
The 2024 guest speaker is Dr. Michael L. Zollicoffer
Zollicoffer-Merrimon Lectureship History
Dr. Lawrence Zollicoffer (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 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 that students admire and hope to emulate as future physicians.
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. In 2004, the Merrimon Family joined in providing support to this program.
Past Zollicoffer-Merrimon Lectureship Speakers
- 2023 | Keisha Gibson, MD
- 2023 | Pete Kadens, Founder and Co-Chair, Hope Chicago
- 2020 | Pedro J. Greer Jr., MD, FACP, FACG
- 2019 | Donald E. Wesson, MD, MBA, FACP, FASN
- 2018 | Lynn Weaver, MD, FACP, FACS
- 2017 | Frederick D. Burroughs, MD
- 2016 | No formal speaker this year
- 2015 | Herman Taylor, MD, MPH, FCCC, FAHA
- 2014 | Ronny A. Bell, PhD
- 2013 | Brenda Armstrong, MD
- 2012 | Marie A. Bernard, MD
- 2011 | Elijah Saunders, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA
- 2010 | Wanda Nicholson, MD, MPH, MBA
- 2009 | Sandra Hooker-Harris, PhD
- 2008 | Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
- 2007 | Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, FACS, FCCM
- 2006 | Valerie E. Stone, MD, MPH
- 2005 | Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
- 2004 | James W. Collins, MD, MPH
- 2003 | Lynt B. Johnson, MD
- 2002 | Marcus L. Martin, MD, FACEP
- 2001 | L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM
- 2000 | Dennis McBride, MD, MPH
- 1999 | Edward G. Helm, M.D., F.A.C.S.
- 1998 | Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD
- 1997 | Eddie L. Hoover, MD
- 1996 | Reed V. Tuckson, MD
- 1995 | Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
- 1994 | Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
- 1993 | Ezra C. Davidson, Jr., MD
- 1992 | Haile T. Debas, MD
- 1991 | Janice Douglas, MD
- 1990 | James R. Gavin, MD, PhD
- 1989 | Richard A. Williams, MD
- 1988 | Festus O. Adelbonojo, MD
- 1987 | Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD
- 1986 | Jean Spurloch, MD
- 1985 | Donald L. Wilson, MD
- 1984 | Vivian W. Pinn, MD
- 1983 | William W. Funderbunk, MD
- 1982 | Alvin F. Poussaint, MD
- 1981 | Louis W. Sullivan, MD