Johns Hopkins Medical School

60 Years Ago, This Tennessee State University Student Demanded Academic Excellence at His College and Got It

Donald V. Watkins

Apr 82 min read

60 Years Ago, This Tennessee State University Student Demanded Academic Excellence at His College and Got It

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 8, 2024 In Memoriam to Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., MD -- June 13, 1944 to April 11,...

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Despite Its Shocking Ties to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Guatemalan Syphilis Experiments, Johns Hopkins Failed to Back Chief Diversity Officer Who Was Chastised for Writing About "White Privilege"

Donald V. Watkins

Mar 85 min read

Despite Its Shocking Ties to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Guatemalan Syphilis Experiments, Johns Hopkins Failed to Back Chief Diversity Officer Who Was Chastised for Writing About "White Privilege"

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 8, 2024; Updated on March 10 and 12, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Dr. Sherita Hill...

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Denied Admission to UA Medical School, an Undeterred Levi Watkins, Jr., Soldiered On to Co-Develop the Cardioverter Defibrillator and Implant the First One in a Human Patient

Donald V. Watkins

Mar 62 min read

Denied Admission to UA Medical School, an Undeterred Levi Watkins, Jr., Soldiered On to Co-Develop the Cardioverter Defibrillator and Implant the First One in a Human Patient

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 6, 2024 If you are one of the 200,000 heart patients each year who received an...

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