August 13th is Joycelyn Elders Day!!!"Joycelyn Elders, the first person in the state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology, was the sixteenth Surgeon General of the United States, the first African American and only the second woman to head the U.S. Public Health Service. Long an outspoken advocate of public health, Elders was appointed Surgeon General by President Clinton in 1993." Thank you Ms. Elders for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Joycelyn Elders http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_98.html
"We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children." - Joycelyn E
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