NMA President’s Hepatitis C Task Force Members
Launched 2012

The goal of the Hepatitis C Task Force is to maximize the NMA’s and its partners’ efforts towards promoting Hepatitis C through measurable and innovative efforts. Research shows that although African Americans represent only 12% of the U.S. population, they make up 22% of the chronic Hepatitis C cases. In fact chronic liver disease caused by this virus is the leading cause of the death among people ages 45-64. Given our work on the front lines with various disease states, it is imperative that the NMA develops a consistent, comprehensive approach to addressing Hepatitis C in the African American community. This task force was created by the 112th President of the NMA Cedric M. Bright, MD, FACP

Rahn K. Bailey, MD, FAPA
113th President
National Medical Association
Nashville, TN, Tennessee

Cedric M. Bright, MD, FACP
Chairperson
Immediate Past President
National Medical Association
Durham, NC

Andrew J. Muir, MD
Consensus Panel Co-Chairperson
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Durham, NC 27705

Alpha Banks, MD
Banks Hepatology Institute
College Park, MD

Sadye B. Curry, MD
Medico- Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia
Potomac, MD

Charles Howell, MD
Bressler Research Building
Baltimore, MD 21201

Wilbert C. Jordan, MD
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Paramount, CA

Charles Peter Mouton, MD
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN

Stephen Aubrey C. Parnell, MD
Coast Gastro Enterology Medical Group Inc
Los Angeles, CA

Philip R. Roane, PhD
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, DC

Hepatitis C Consensus Panel Facilitator:

Sharon Allison-Ottey, MD
Consultant/Health Strategist
COSHAR Foundation, Inc
Bowie, MD

National Medical Association Staff:

Roslyn A. Douglas, MA
Diabetes Program Coordinator
Community & Mission Services
National Medical Association
Silver Spring, MD

Cheryl Dukes
Project Director
Community & Mission Services
National Medical Association
Silver Spring, MD

Yolanda Fleming
Project Director
Project I.M.P.A.C.T.
National Medical Association
Silver Spring, MD

Byron Sogie-Thomas, MS
Director of Health Policy
Office of Health Policy and Government Relations
Silver Spring, MD

Colin Syphax
Director
William E. Matory, Sr., M.D, Continuing Medical Education (CME Department)
Silver Spring, MD