Levi Watkins Jr.

October 22, 2015

Myers delivers annual lecture inspired by Watkins’ legacy

Woodrow Myers, M.D., MBA, CEO of Corizon Health, delivered the 14th annual Levi Watkins Jr. M.D. Lecture.

By Jessica Pasley
October 1, 2015

Myers set as keynote speaker for Oct. 13 Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture

Woodrow Myers Jr., M.D., chief executive officer of Corizon Health, will be the keynote speaker at the 14th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture.

By Jessica Pasley
April 30, 2015

Watkins memorialized with establishment of new chair

By Nancy Humphrey
April 23, 2015

Watkins memorial service to be April 30

A memorial service celebrating the life of Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., renowned cardiac surgeon, champion of racial equality and diversity, and the first African-American to be admitted to and graduate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM), will be held Thursday, April 30, at 11 a.m. at Vanderbilt’s Benton Chapel. Dr. Watkins died April 11.

By Nancy Humphrey
April 14, 2015

Levi Watkins Jr., medical pioneer and champion of racial equality, dies

Levi Watkins Jr., a renowned cardiac surgeon, champion of racial equality and diversity, and the first African American to be admitted to and graduate from Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine, died Saturday from complications after suffering a stroke.

By Nancy Humphrey
October 16, 2014

DeBaun’s Levi Watkins Lecture highlights the power of purpose

Throughout his career in medicine, Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., has found moments to fight the status quo.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 9, 2014

Vanderbilt’s DeBaun to deliver annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture

Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., J.C. Peterson Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Vanderbilt, will be the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture.
By Jessica Pasley
October 17, 2013

Watkins lecturer reminds that medicine is all about caring

It's all about the patient. That's the message Talmadge King Jr., M.D., the Julius R. Krevans Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), shared with students, physicians, administrators and researchers during Wednesday’s Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., Lecture on Diversity in Medical Education.
By Jessica Pasley
October 3, 2013

UCSF’s King to deliver annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture

Talmadge King Jr., M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, will deliver Vanderbilt University School of Medicine's 12th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in 208 Light Hall.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 4, 2013

Nominations sought for Levi Watkins Jr. awards for students, faculty

By VUMC News and Communications
October 25, 2012

Speaker urges students, faculty to continue diversity-related efforts

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, said the appearance of more diversity in medical schools is evidence of progress, but he cautions that the issue is more complicated than ever.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 8, 2012

Harvard’s Poussaint to deliver Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, will deliver Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s 11th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in 208 Light Hall.
By VUMC News and Communications