Premier To Receive NMA Medical Award
Premier Dr Ewart Brown has been selected by the National Medical Association (NMA) Board of Trustees as a recipient of its highest recognition; the NMA 2010 Scroll of Merit Award. The Premier is being recognized by the NMA for his “stellar leadership and outstanding humanitarian endeavors, dedicated and tenacious work in grass roots community medicine, and staunch support of medical education.”
The Award will be presented on July 31, 2010 at the NMA’s 2010 Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly, held at in Orlando, Florida.
Founded in 1895, a time when black medical professionals were barred from other medical associations, the NMA worked through the civil rights movement to facilitate the desegregation of hospitals and equal rights for all patients and medical providers. The NMA presently represent the interests of in excess of 30,000 black doctors under the leadership of former U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume.
The Premier, who has won a number of medical awards previously, had quite an accomplished medical career before going into politics. He earned an M.D. from Howard’s College of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health from the University of California.
Some of his medical accomplishments include being singled out by Howard University’s College of Medicine twice for distinguished service to the college, being awarded the Physicians Recognition Award from the American Medical Association, winning the Scroll Award from the Union of American Physicians and Dentists and serving as a physician consultant of well known civil rights leader and former Democratic US Presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson.
He is a certified Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice, a Diplomat of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, and served as Vice President of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.
Premier Dr. Brown is a member of several professional organizations and has held such positions as Trustee of Howard University and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Practice at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Director, Marcus Garvey School in Los Angeles, California; Vice President of the Union of American Physician and Dentists (California Federation).
Premier Dr. Brown is a former member of the Board of Directors of Marina Hills Hospital in Los Angeles, California; a former member of the California State Commission on Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health; and a founding Commissioner of the Board of Prevention Commissioners for South Central Los Angeles Regional Centre for Development Disabilities.
He was a Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Western Park Hospital in California and has also served as Director of Quality Assurance for the Los Angeles Doctor’s Hospital; as Chairman of the Minority Group Affairs of the Student American Medical Association and as a Coordinator of the Summer Health Task Force of the National Urban Coalition in Washington D.C.; as Chairman of the Utilization Review Committee, West Adams Hospital, Los Angeles, California; and as Secretary of the Charles R Drew Medical Society in Los Angeles.
The Premier is a former member of the National Medical Association; American College of Utilization Review Physicians; Golden State Medical Association; American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians; American Public Health Association; Charles R. Drew Medical Society and the National Medical Association Council on Medical Legislation.
Dr. Burton Butterfield, President of the Bermuda Medical Association said:
As a friend and colleague of Dr. Brown and as an Active Member of the NMA I would like to congratulate Dr. Brown on this achievement.
Dr. Donald Thomas III Chief of Staff of the Bermuda Hospitals Board said:
I have been honored to work with the Premier, the Hon. Dr Ewart Brown JP MP and congratulate him on this prestigious but very well earned award. Dr Brown has dedicated his life to the care of people and his commitment to improving the welfare of his country has meant he has made a difference to the whole of Bermuda. He is an insightful and visionary medical policy director and provider, using collaboration, innovation and a drive to bring the highest standards of care to his country.
Premier Dr. Brown said:
I am deeply humbled and gratified to receive this honour. My desire to become a Doctor was driven by a deep and passionate drive to help people. It is an honour to have my efforts recognized by the National Medical Association.
