Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. E. Anthony Rankin | Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Providence Hospital & Founder of Rankin Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Second Vice President of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). | ||
| Dr. Willie Adams, Jr. | Mayor of Albany, Georgia | ||
| Dr. Billy Ray Ballard, MD, DDS | First African American Board Certified Oral Pathologist, Previous Chair for the AAMC Group on Student Affairs; Former Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Dean of Students and Admissions, UTMB Galveston Medical School | ||
| Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda | President of the Republic of Malawi | ||
| Dr. Edward S. Cooper | President of the American Heart Association | ||
| Dr. Reginald Coopwood | CEO of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis | ||
| Dr. Cleveland W. Eneas, Sr. | Senator, Government of The Bahamas. Author of The History of The Class of 1941 of Meharry Medical College | ||
| Dr. Sandra Gadson | Former President of the National Medical Association | ||
| Dr. Robert Walter Johnson | Tennis Instructor for Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe, Physician and Educator | ||
| Dr. Keith P. Kittelberger | 1987 | contributor to Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management and well-known Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist | |
| Dr. Robert Lee, DDS | 1944 | South Carolina-born dentist who emigrated to Ghana in 1956 and operated a dental practice there for nearly five decades until his retirement in 2002 | |
| Dr. Audrey F. Manley | Deputy Surgeon General of the United States | ||
| Dr. John E. Maupin | President of Morehouse School of Medicine | ||
| Dr. Conrad Murray | physician whose off-label use of propofol led to his conviction in the death of pop star Michael Jackson | Conrad Murray convicted in Michael Jackson's death
Jurors find singer's personal physician guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the entertainer from a dose of propofol. November 08, 2011 |
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| Maj. General Leonard Randolph, Jr. | Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Plan Administration | ||
| Dr. Louis Christopher Pendleton | dentist and civil rights leader in Shreveport, Louisiana | ||
| Dr. Charles V. Roman | President of the National Medical Association. Author of A History of Meharry Medical College | ||
| Dr. Walter R. Tucker, Jr. | Former Mayor of Compton, California | ||
| Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr. | Former Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Meharry. Author of "President's Farewell Address" Journal of the National Medical Association 1955 | ||
| Dr. Reuben Warren | Associate Director for Minority Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
| Dr. Charles H. Wright | Founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History | ||
| Lorenzo Raymond Sylvanus Nelson, M.D. | Regimental Surgeon, Major, Medical Corps, 366th Infantry Regiment, 5th Army, World War II, grandson of Lorenzo Dow Key, M.D., 1878 and great-grandson of Hillery Wattsworth Key, D.D., Trustee, Walden University. | ||
| Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. | noted Psychiatrist, Chairman of Department, Meharry Medical College (1968) and Department of Neuropsychiatry, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Fellow, American Association of Psychiatry | ||
| Dr. Emily F. Pollard, M.D., FACS | noted plastic surgeon, "TOP Doctor" in Philadelphia Magazine, appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show | ||
| Dr. Carl C. Bell, M.D. | Community Psychiatrist, International Researcher, Academician, Author, President/CEO |
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