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Black diplomates of the ACVIM, ACVD, and ACVO

Dr. Coretta Patterson, a Black diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, has compiled a list of Black diplomates of the ACVIM, the American College of Veterinary Dermatology, and the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. While not exhaustive, it is the most comprehensive detailing of Black diplomates of veterinary specialty colleges.

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine
Edward Braye, 1979
Jody Lulich, 1991
Christine Jenkins, 1993
Carla Gartrell, 1994
Margaret Kern, 1995
Ronald Hodges, 1996
Erick Mears, 1996
Nancy Sanders, 1996
Catherine Daley, 1998
Saralyn Smith Carr, 1999
Dusty Weaver Nagy, 2000
Tammy Anderson, 2002
David McKenzie, 2002
Maisie Dawes, 2005
Coretta Patterson, 2006
Munashe Chigerwe, 2007
Stephan Carey, 2010
Erick Spencer, 2010
Vengai Mavangira, 2011
Clemence Chako, 2013
Yuri Lawrence, 2014
Candice Bailey, 2015
Forrest Cummings, 2016
Ayeley Okine, 2017
Ashtri Bonaparte, 2019
Jewel Milo, 2019
Aja Harvey, 2020

Cardiology
Henry Green, 2003
Jonathan Goodwin, 2009
Freddie Brewer, 2013
Nonya Fiapui, 2012
Aliya Magee, 2014
Geri Lake Bakaar, 2014
Kevin Render, 2022

Neurology
Erika Gibson, 2009
Avril Arendse, 2011
Sarita Miles, 2012
Michele James, 2016
Talisha Moore, 2021
Gaemia Tracy, 2013

Oncology
G. Sylvester Price, 1995
Avenelle Turner, 2006
Kim Johnson, 2007
Trina Hazzah, 2013
Julie Gillem, 2016
Lillie Davis, 2018

American College of Veterinary Dermatology

Patricia White, 1994
Norma White Withers, 2000
Joya Griffith, 2010
Endyna High, 2021

American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology

Tracey King-Hill, 1991
Terri Gibson, 2001
Kenneth Pierce, 2011
Shannon Boveland, 2013
Kyshia Davis, 2014
Patricia Mundy, 2014
Latisha Knight, 2016
Michelle Martin de Bustamente, 2022

A version of this article appears in the February 2023 print issue of JAVMA.