Aletha Maybank
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Dr. Karen Aletha Maybank (Born April 24, 1974 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American physician, with family roots in Antigua. She is board certified in both pediatrics and preventive medicine/public health. Currently, Dr. Maybank is an Assistant Commissioner at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Education
Dr. Maybank holds a Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University, a Medical Degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Career
She is a founding board member of the Artemis Medical Society, an international mentoring, networking, and advocacy organization of over 2,500 Black female physicians.[1][2]
In 2012, she co-founded "We Are Doc McStuffins," a movement created by African American female physicians who were inspired by the Disney Junior character Doc McStuffins.[3]
Her professional and volunteer lives reflect her passion to improve the quality of health in various communities - in New York City, nationally, and abroad. Her areas of expertise include preventive medicine, food and fitness, maternal and child health, cancer, HIV/AIDS, community health, and health inequities.
Dr. Maybank served on two medical mission trips to Haïti in 2010. She assisted with the post-earthquake relief efforts and provided direct health care to child survivors.
Dr. Maybank created the blog, On Call in the City, in an effort to make health an accessible topic "wherever one lives, works, plays, and prays”.[4][5]
Dr. Maybank has a bi-weekly column, Doctor's Orders, on the website of EBONY magazine.[4][6] The column was established for Dr. Maybank to share her health expertise with the African American community-at-large. Her other writings can be found on Huffington Post and On Call in the City.
She has been honored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Men, The Network Journal 40 Under 40, the Hip Hop Loves Foundation, and NV Magazine's Movers and Shakers 2010, and others.
In July 2013, she was a guest speaker at the ESSENCE Festival Empowerment Experience Panel in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Maybank was appointed the Associate Commissioner of the Center for Health Equity with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in 2014.[7][1] She is the founding director of the department's new Center of Health Equity.[8]
Awards
• 2012 The Network Journal 40 Under Forty Award[9]
• 2012 Women of Excellence Award; Diaspora Services
• 2012 Beauty and the Beat: Heroine in Excellence Award[10]
• 2011 Outstanding NYC Leader Award, Kechie’s Project
• 2011 Mover & Shaker[11]
Television
She is a weekly television contributor on ARISE America, a program on ARISE TV – the recently launched global news channel anchored in Johannesburg, London, and New York.
She has appeared or been profiled on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry show, BET's 106 & Park, HuffPost Live, Our World with Black Enterprise, FOX 5 NY Good Day Street Talk, and various other outlets.
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Deadliest Disease in America | Advisor |
| 2012 | Byron Hurt's Soul Food Junkies | Advisor |
| 2013 | The Tale of Timmy Two Chins | Advisor |
- 'Meet Dr. Aletha Maybank, Champion of Public Health', Jet Magazine, June 27, 2013
- 'A Physician on a Mission', Amsterdam News, May 23, 2013
References
- ^ a b "Aletha Maybank, MPH '06". www.mailman.columbia.edu. Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "About Us". www.artemismedicalsociety.org. Artemis Medical Society. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Ayot, Herina. "Disney Celebrates Black History Month With "We Are Doc McStuffins" - EBONY". www.ebony.com. Ebony. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b Rocque, Starrene Rhett (27 June 2013). "Meet Dr. Aletha Maybank, Champion of Public Health - JetMag.com". JetMag.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "About On Call in the City". On Call in the City with Dr. Aletha Maybank. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Doctor's Orders". EBONY. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH New Appointment Associate Commissioner of the Center for Health Equity". New York Empire State Medical Association. New York Empire State Medical Association. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Abruzzo, Shavana (9 June 2015). "Dr. Althea Maybank: Doctor alters conversation about public health". Brooklyn Daily. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "The Network Journal Announces its 2012 List of "40 Under Forty" Dynamic Achievers". PRWeb. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "5th Annual Beauty and the Beat: Heroines of Excellence Awards (PICS)". HauteGiving. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "NYC // NV Magazine's 2011 Movers & Shakers Soiree | Sept. 12 | Sinuous Magazine". Sinuous Magazine. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
External links
- www.dralethamaybank.com
- Dr. Maybank at Tent Camp in Haiti, 2010
- Healthy Food Choices in our Community, Our World with Black Enterprise, December 2012