RANDALL C. MORGAN, JR., MD, MBA
President & CEO, 2005–Present

Randall C. Morgan, Jr., MD, MBA, is the President and CEO of the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute.

In that role he leads a staff of scholars and research specialists who focus upon the elimination of Health Disparities.

Dr. Morgan is also an active orthopedic surgeon who has practiced in Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida since 2005. He serves as founder and President of University Park Orthopedics in that community. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Florida State School of Medicine and is also a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Connecticut. He is a graduate of Grinnell College with a B.A. in Chemistry. He received the M.D. degree from Howard University. He served as a resident in Orthopedic Surgery at Northwestern University and served a Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. He later received an MBA degree from the University of South Florida. Dr. Morgan served as the 95th President of the National Medical Association during the years 1996 and 1997. He was the first board-certified orthopedic surgeon to hold that position. Dr. Morgan is a true pioneer in his profession and was among the first surgeons to perform total joint replacement surgery at Northwestern University. Dr. Morgan has practiced General Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedics in Evanston, Illinois, and as well in his hometown of Gary, Indiana, for more than 30 years prior to his relocation to Sarasota. With the assistance of his father, Mr. Randall C. Morgan, Sr., he founded the Orthopedic Centers of Northwest Indiana and served as its president from 1975 to 1999. At one time, this was the largest minority-owned orthopedic practice in the United States. He has written and published extensively throughout his career on Orthopedics, Social Responsibility, Health Equity and the Education Pipeline for Underrepresented young scholars. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and the American Board of Managed Care Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society.

DORIS BROWNE, M.D., M.P.H.
Deputy CEO, 2025 – Present

Dr. Doris Browne is the President and CEO, Browne and Associates, LLC.

Dr. Browne has more than 30 years of experience in executive medical management and leadership at the national and international levels. She is well published including textbooks, book chapters, and articles. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to eliminating health disparities focusing on prevention, health education, and wellness programs. She has served as Principal Investigator, Program Manager and a consultant for Medical Care Development International; Systems Assessment Research Corporation; and Synergy Enterprise Incorporate. Dr. Browne recently retired from the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she managed the breast cancer chemoprevention portfolio. She is a retired Colonel of the US Army Medical Corps. Her background includes clinical care, research, public policy initiatives, pharmaceutical studies, clinical trials, disease prevention and a wide range of health care delivery issues. Dr. Doris Browne is the President and CEO, Browne and Associates, LLC, a health consulting company that manages programs addressing disease prevention, improving the health status and inequities of national and international vulnerable populations. Dr Browne is the 118th President of the National Medical Association (NMA) and Deputy President and principal Investigator of the Montague Cobb NMA Health Institute.

MALLORY WILLIAMS, MD, MPH, FACS, FICS, FCCP, FCCM, MAMSE

Dr. Williams is currently Chair of the Department of Trauma and Burn at the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Professor of Surgery at Rush University Medical College. In less than two years, he has led the nation’s oldest trauma center to become the only ACS-verified Level I Trauma Center in Chicago, thereby transforming the quality of trauma care for the 5.3 million residents of Cook County. He is a cum laude graduate of Morehouse College and completed his Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and his Master of Public Health at the T. H. Chan School of Public Health as a Harvard University Presidential Scholar and Commonwealth Fund Scholar. He completed his training in general surgery at the Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center as the Chief Administrative Resident in Surgery and also completed a National Institutes of Health Basic Science Fellowship in Trauma and Burns Research. His research and clinical fellowship training in surgical critical care were completed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has published over 80 manuscripts and delivered more than 100 invited national and international scientific presentations. He has served as Principal Investigator for over $5 million in extramural funding in violence prevention. He has received teaching awards from both medical students and residents and serves as an Associate Examiner of the American Board of Surgery and Senior External Examiner for the University of the West Indies. Dr. Williams holds membership in many prestigious surgical societies and has served as President of the Rocky Mountain Traumatological Society and Chair (President) of the Surgical Section of the National Medical Association. He is the current Chair of the Board of the W. Montague Cobb Institute. Dr. Williams has been distinguished with numerous national awards, including the 2003 Raymond Alexander Award from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the 2007 Best Paper Award from the New England Surgical Society, the 2023 Arthur M. Shipley Award of the Southern Surgical Association for best scientific paper, and the 2025 Peter D. Olch Award of the Halsted Society for best historical paper. Colonel Williams is a 25-year decorated Army veteran who has served on active duty as a combat surgeon in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Resolute Support, Operation Freedom Sentinel, and Operation Spartan Shield.

BOARD SECRETARY

AUDRA MEADOWS, MD, MPH

UC San Diego School of Medicine

Audra Robertson Meadows, MD, MPH is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who provides comprehensive gynecological care. For nearly 20 years, she has provided compassionate care to women before, during, and after pregnancy to ensure positive pregnancy and birth experiences. She enjoys and values the opportunity to optimize wellness for women and birthing individuals, train learners, and inspire innovation in women's health and pregnancy care. As an obstetrician/gynecologist trained in public health, she is a birth optimizer and health equity champion. She is nationally recognized for her work to innovate prenatal care, promote teaming in maternity care, and develop tools that improve obstetric safety and achieve equity.

As an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine, she devotes time to medical education, residency training, research and women's health advocacy. She is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to investigate strategies to optimize pregnancy care and experiences with a particular emphasis on including the voices of those pregnant and parenting in identifying these strategies. Dr. Meadows is actively engaged in quality improvement projects to promote teaming and tools that improve obstetric safety and equity. Prior to joining UC San Diego Health, she was an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, served as medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital obstetrics practice, and led maternal child health programs in Massachusetts. Dr. Meadows completed obstetrics and gynecology residency training at The Brigham & Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Integrated Program at Harvard Medical School. She completed her medical degree at The University of Texas at San Antonio. She was awarded the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership and a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. Outside of work, Dr. Meadows enjoys exploring San Diego beaches, travel, and sports.

BOARD TREASURER

KEVIN SNEED, Pharm. D. 

Dean, USF Health Taneja College of Pharmacy

TERRENCE M. FULLUM, M.D. M.B.A.  

Brandi Freeman, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Vice Chair of Health Opportunities and Professional Engagement (HOPE) for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

President of the National Medical Association 2026-2027

BOARD MEMBER, 2026 - Present. Dr. Brandi Kaye Freeman is a physician dedicated to eradicating health inequities that impact vulnerable populations through evidence-based practices and improved quality of health care delivery. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Vice Chair of Health Opportunities and Professional Engagement (HOPE) for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, as well as an Attending Physician at the Child Health Clinic-Children’s Hospital of Colorado. In these roles, she is a practicing primary care physician and health services researcher whose portfolio includes developing approaches to improve Equity Healthcare, the wellbeing of minority communities, and investigating best practices to help children thrive in early childhood.

In July of 2026, Dr. Freeman was installed as the 127th President of the National Medical Association, after previously serving as Speaker of the House of Delegates, Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates, Secretary of the House of Delegates, and Region VI Trustee. She is the first former Student Trustee and Post-Graduate Trustee to be elected President of the organization and is the first President to reside in the State of Colorado and the first female President elected from Region VI. Her presidential agenda is titled “Ensuring our Living Legacy: Elucidating the NMA Blueprint for Generational Health.”
Dr. Freeman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with minors in Chemistry and French from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. After completing post-baccalaureate work at the Mayo Clinic, she received her Doctorate of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Freeman completed pediatric residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Children’s Center as part of the Harriet Lane Housestaff. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania while obtaining her Masters of Science in Health Policy Research from the Perelman School of Medicine.

DEXTER FREDERICK, MD

BOARD MEMBER, 2022-2025 Dexter Frederick, M.D., knew early on that he wanted to be a physician. When, during his adolescent years, he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease, a disorder of the lower front of the knee which can cause severe pain, it solidified his desire to enter the world of medicine as an avenue to understand and treat illnesses and provide service to humanity. On the journey toward his chosen profession, Frederick entered then Columbia Union College where he majored in respiratory care with a pre-med emphasis. He kept busy with his studies but still found time to contribute actively to college life and to the surrounding communi- ty. He was part of the pre-med club, vice president for his senior class, a member in the Columbia Union College Brass Choir and an athletic trainer for the basketball and volleyball college sport teams. He also assisted with the weekly soup kitchen ministry in a nearby Cambodian community.
Frederick graduated in 1992 and went on to Loma Linda University. As a student at Loma Linda, he traveled as a volunteer to Mwami Adventist Hospital in Zambia. After graduation in 1997, he did his residency in internal med- icine and pediatrics and has since been board certified. He also served at Loma Linda University Medical Center as chief pediatric resident. The passion for medicine which drove him to medicine in the first place, has only grown through the years and today, Frederick is making a powerful impact in his community. He has served as a physician delivering healthcare to an underserved community in the city of Tampa. One role that Frederick is particularly proud of is that of founder of the Tampa-based B.E.S.T. (Brain Expansions and Scholastic training) program.

LYNNE HOLDEN, M.D.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

YOLANDA LAWSON, M.D 

LEON MCDOUGLE, MD, MPH 

Leon McDougle, M.D., M.P.H., is the 1st African American Professor with tenure in The Ohio State University Department of Family and Community Medicine and he’s the 1st Chief Diversity Officer ‘Aka Chief Collaborating Officer’ for the OSU Wexner Medical Center. A graduate of the University of Toledo and OSU College of Medicine, he completed the family medicine residency at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, California, and earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy. Dr. McDougle’s research career has been focused on eliminating health inequities and increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the biomedical and behavioral science workforce. He’s currently working on projects involving allyship/bystander training, hypertension, cross-cultural communication, anti-racism, and inclusive excellence. Dr McDougle serves on the OSU Women’s Place Advocates and Allies for Equity Advisory Council. As a trained advocate, he convenes evidence-based discussions with male faculty and staff to develop allies for gender equity. As a result while serving as Co-lead of the Training and Careers subcommittee, “enhancing men's allyship to activate opportunities for women” was included among the 50 High-Return Opportunities to Advance Global Women’s Health R&D within the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NIH Women’s Health, Innovation Opportunity Map 2023. Dr McDougle also served as an inaugural member of the NIH Center Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, PAR-23-122: RESEARCH WITH ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DIVERSITY (REWARD) November 2, 2023, and served as Chair, December 3-4, 2024. He also serves as inaugural member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee 2019-present. Dr McDougle served as the 121st President of the National Medical Association (NMA) August 2020 – July 2021 during heights of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also served as the NMA representative on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group 2020-2022. Dr McDougle was elected to serve as the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Diversity and lnclusion national Chair (2013-2015). Dr McDougle is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He was elected to membership within the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, faculty. He is a member of the Rhema Christian Center and the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. A native of Sandusky, Ohio, Leon, and his wife, Natasha Jones-McDougle, M.Ed. are the proud parents of two daughters.

Javette C. Orgain, M.D., M.P.H., R.P. 

Javette C. Orgain, M.D., M.P.H., R.P.  is currently serving as Assistant Dean for the College of Medicine Urban Health Program, Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine and co-chair of the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Blacks.  She is a non-compromising, dynamic, beautiful African-American vital to the Chicago community that she has always served.

She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, Doctor of Medicine degree, and Public Health degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Javette has been involved in community organizing in the ABLA homes on Racine and Roosevelt on the near West Side of Chicago. In the early 80’s, she ran a food co-op for the ABLA-CHA residents because there was no major grocery store. She wrote health articles for a community newspaper and tutored math at the local YMCA. Javette entered UIC College of Medicine through the Medical Opportunities Program/MOP and graduated via the Urban Health Program (UHP), the program for which she now serves as assistant dean. As a medical student in the UHP, there was/is a well developed student-to-student peer support network that included the Student National Medical Association and there was/is a mentor program from physician members of the National Medical Association local society, the Cook County Physicians Association (not to be confused with Cook County Hospital). So, it was at this level that she began an early foray into organized medicine. Javette went on to serve as an officer/president of the Cook County Physicians Association. She then became the 100th president of the NMA in 2000.

ELIZABETH OFILI, M.D., M.P.H., FACC

BOARD MEMBER, 2021-2024 Dr. Elizabeth Ofili is a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. In this role, Dr. Ofili directs major NIH research awards, totaling over $150 million, supporting discovery science and training across the translational research spectrum from bench to bedside and community, including the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the RCMI Translational Research Network. She is Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of AccuHealth Technologies, with patented technologies that are “Democratizing Discovery Science and Health with N=Me”. As Multi-PI of the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI), a citywide collaborative at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology, along with partnering health systems and statewide research organizations, Dr. Ofili leads innovative collaborations to advance health equity. Since 2007, ACTSI has engaged over 673 investigators and 134 postdoctoral and pre-doctoral trainees in discovery science, training and community engagement. Dr. Ofili is the principal investigator of the NIH funded national collaborative for translational research, the RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN). RTRN includes 18 historically Black, Hispanic, and Minority Serving Institutions across the continental United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, competitively funded by NIH to lead research innovations that impact health disparities, and playing a major role in diversifying the biomedical research workforce. As multi PI of the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and Director of the Research Resources and Outreach Core, Dr. Ofili engages NIH funded research consortia and academic institutions, to recruit and retain diverse scholars and mentor teams for participation in NRMN. Dr. Ofili is a recipient of over 50 scientific, services and health policy awards, including induction in the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Ofili graduated with distinction from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, completed internal medicine residency at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa Oklahoma, cardiology fellowship at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, and Advanced Echocardiography research fellowship at St Louis University, St Louis, Missouri. She completed the Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.

Nina Uzoigwe, MD/PhD Candidate

National President-Elect: Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

Nina Uzoigwe is a sixth-year MD/PhD candidate at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, pursuing a career in cardiothoracic surgery with a research focus on cardiac arrhythmias and translational science. A child of Nigerian immigrant parents, she was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where her early academic excellence was recognized with a New York City Council Proclamation and the Young Pegleg Award, a distinction conferred by New York State and New York City leadership to outstanding alumni.

She graduated from Harvard College as a John Harvard Scholar, awarded to the top 5% of her class, concentrating in Bioengineering with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. Her senior thesis, awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, examined pulmonary valve replacement in neonates with congenital heart defects at Boston Children’s Hospital. Now in the PhD phase of her training, her research in cardiac arrhythmias reflects her broader commitment to advancing cardiovascular health equity, particularly in Black and African American communities.

Nina is National President-Elect of the Student National Medical Association and former Co-Chair of its National Diversity Research Committee, where she leads initiatives to expand mentorship, research access, and sustainable pathways for underrepresented trainees in medicine. She also serves as National Executive President of the Thoracic Surgery Medical Student Association (TSMA), the largest U.S. nonprofit dedicated to aspiring cardiothoracic surgeons, and Co-Chair of the 1st International Conference for Future Cardiothoracic Surgeons. Through these roles, she has strengthened national and global trainee networks and advanced access to cardiothoracic surgery education.

In addition, she is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of RISE UP, an outreach physician-scientist program for high school students designed to foster early exposure to careers in medicine and research.

Outside of her professional work, Nina enjoys weightlifting, dancing, traveling, and mentoring students exploring careers in science and medicine.