Biographical information on Dr. Regina M. Benjamin

[July 14, 2009]  NAME -- Regina M. Benjamin

AGE, BIRTH DATE, LOCATION -- 52, 1956, Mobile, Ala.

EXPERIENCE -- Founder and chief executive, Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, Bayou La Batre, Ala., 1990-present; chair, Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, 2008-2009; president, Medical Association of the State of Alabama, 2002-2003, trustee, American Medical Association, 1995-1998; diplomate, American Board of Family Practice; fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians.

EDUCATION -- M.B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, 1991; residency in family medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Ga., 1984-1987; M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1984; B.S., chemistry, Xavier University, New Orleans, 1979.

QUOTE -- "I can be a voice in the movement to improve our nation's health care and our nation's health. I want to be sure that no one falls through the cracks as we improve our health care system."

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