Levi Watkins Jr. MD Archive — Page 3 of 3

Portrait of Levi Watkins Jr. wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie, standing indoors in front of a building entrance.
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
Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. wearing glasses, a dark suit, patterned tie, and pocket square, standing with his arms crossed indoors.
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
Four formally dressed men stand together in front of a brick wall. From left: André Churchwell, Michael R. DeBaun, Levi Watkins Jr., and Jeff Balser.
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 Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of a bespectacled man in a dark suit and patterned tie, facing the camera indoors.
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
Five men in suits pose together indoors in front of a brick wall and palm plant. The center man wears a gray suit; the others stand on either side, with one holding a blue folder.
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
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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 Vanderbilt Health News