We spotlight The Shore's Black health professionals and discuss some of the issues concerning the health of the Shore's Slack population. The unhealthy lifestyles of much of the Black population on The Shore and across the Nation is a major contributor to the fact that African Americans are more likely to have ailments than their white counterparts. The leading causes of deaths among African Americans on The Shore are cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer, and stroke. They outrank accidents and homicides by far. Other major problems include diabetes, asthma, and AIDS. In each category, the death rate is higher among African Americans than whites. In most of the cases, our lifestyles make us more likely to have these diseases than other races. Alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, overeating, lack of exercise, and poor diets make us more susceptible to diseases. To make matters worse, African Americans tend to seek medical attention less. African American males are particularly guilty of this. So we find out late that there is a medical problem and then it is more difficult to treat. The good news is that health officials are more aware of the problem and are campaigning to make us more aware of the need for healthier living habits.

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Milligan Serves on Shore Health's Board The sole African American member of the Shore Health System Board of Directors is David Milligan of Dorchester county. An information systems executive, he attended the University of Pennsylvania Moore School of Engineering and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Salisbury University's Perdue School of Business with a B.S. Degree in Information Systems Management. He is Vice President of Dorchester County Public Library Board of Trustees. Other Board Members Other African American members of hospital boards of Directors include Ira F. "Buck" Shockley of the Atlantic General Hospital board in Berlin; Donnie LaRue, chairman of TLC, Inc. board in Princess Anne; Christjon J. Huddleston, MD of Peninsula Regional Medical Center board in Salisbury, H. DeWayne Whittington of McCready Hospital board in Crisfield, and LaMonte E. Cooke of Kent &Queen Anne's Hospital board in Chestertown.

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Dr. Robert A. Coker has his private Family Medicine practice at 218 Newton Street in Salisbury in 2003. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. A native of New York City, Dr. Coker earned his MD at the University of Medicine &Dentistry of NJ in Stratford, NJ and completed his internship there.

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Dr. Roy Cragway of Berlin is a family practice physician at Atlantic Imedicare on 10th St. in Ocean City. He moved to the Shore in 1994 and has been a physician in the System's walkin care facility in Ocean City for seven years.

A native of Baltimore, he earned his bachelor's degree at Morgan State University and his medical degree at the University of Maryland Medical School. He interned at South Baltimore Hospital (now Harper Hospital) in Internal medicine and is an expert in Forensic medicine.

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Dr. Ephrem Daniel has been a Pediatrician at Three Lower Counties Coinmunity Services, Inc. since 1997. He earned his MD from Addis Ababa U. in Ethiopia where he completed his internship in Pediatrics. He completed his residency at the University of Medicine &Dentistry III Newark, New Jersey.

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Dr. Cornworth L. DaytonJones is an Anesthesiologist with Associated Anesthesiology Practice, P.A. and Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He has been on the Shore since 1991 and specializes in Pain Medicine.

A native of St. Kirts, West Indies, he graduated from the George Washington University Medical School in Washington, D.C. He completed his surgical internship and residency at New Britain General Hospital in New Britain, Connecticut and his residency in Anesthesia at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA.

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Dr. Razaak Eniola is an Internal Medicine Specialist at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD. He is a Graduate of the University of Lagos Medical School in Lagos, Nigeria. He completed his rresidency at Harlem Hospital Center in New York and worked at Eastern Correctional Institution prior t9 joining Atlantic General.

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Dr. Charles O. Folashade is the head of Arcadia Medical Associates Internal Medicine practice located at 108 Pine Bluff Rd. in Salisbury. He has practiced in Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City, and at Eastern Correctional Institution. A native of Nigeria, Dr. Folashade earned his medical degree at the University of Ibadan College of Medicine there. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and a certified Minority Business Enterprise in Maryland.

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Dr. Steven H. Hamlerte is a Hospitalist at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Howard University and completed both an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins/Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. He moved to The Shore in 2003 to joined the staff at Three Lower Counties Community Services, Inc. in Princess Anne.

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Dr. Christjon J. Huddleston is the senior partner of Huddleston & DiNardo, MD, PA and the Medical Director at UMES. His private internal Medicine practice, founded in 1986, is located at Suite 103, 106 Milford St. in Salisbury. A native of Silver Spring, MD, Dr. Huddleston earned his medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. He completed his residency at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and worked at Bon Secour Hospital there. He moved to the Shore in 1983 to work at McCready Hospital in Crisfield. Dr. Huddleston is a member of the staff at PRMC and the Peninsula Regional Health System Board of Trustees. He is past president of the Wicomico Medical Society.

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Dr. Elton Maddox is a Dentist in Private practice in Salisbury. He has had his family dentistry practice on Mt Hermon Rd. since 1977. A native of Somerset County where his parents still reside, Dr. Maddox became the first African American to head the Eastern Shore Dental Society in 1992. He earned his DDS Degree from the University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore.

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Dr. Sharon McFayden-Eyo is a pediatrician who joined Dr. William A. Strott at the PRMC Primary Care Network Pediatrics office in Salisbury in 1997. They opened the private practice of McFayden-Eyo &Strott, PA in 2003 and are located at Suite 102, 1205 Pemberton Drive in Salisbury. Dr. McFayden-Eyo moved to the Shore from Syracuse, NY where she earned her medical degree from the State Univ. of New York Health Science Center and did her residency in their Department of Pediatrics.

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Dr. Kertrisa McWhite is a surgeon specializing in breast surgery who recently joined the practice of Dr. Robert J. Davis in Salisbury and Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD. She serves as director of breast services for men &women diagnosed with cancer at Atlantic General. McWhite received her medical degree from MCP-Hahnermann School of Medicine in Philadelphia and completed her residency in general surgery at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ before beginning her Susan G. Komen breast cancer surgery fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern.

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Dr. Emmnuel N. Nsah is an associate at Peninsula Cardiology Associates, PA who specializes in Electrophysiology and Cardiovascular Disease. He moved to the Shore to join the Association in 1998. Its office is located at 400 Eastern Shore Drive in Salisbury. A native of Cameroon, Dr. Nsah earned his medical degree from University Center for Health Science in Cameroon and interned there. He came to the US in 1987 and researched in Cardiovascular Pathology at Johns Hopkins University. After that, he completed residences at New York University Medical College in NY City and St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. Then he returned to Johns Hopkins University.

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Dr. Andy H. Pierre is a Neurosurgeon who, in 2001, joined Dr. Julius Zant at Peninsula Neurosurgical Associates, PA in Salisbury. Dr. Pierre is from upstate New York and received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed his internship and residency at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.

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Dr. Adebowald Prest practices at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center Primary Care Family Medicine offices in Berlin, MD and Laurel, DE. She received her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed a residency in Family Practice at Ghent in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Prest also completed a fellowship in OB/GYN at Harrisburg Hospital in Harrisburg, PA. She comes to the Shore from Cortland Memorial Hospital in Cortland, NY where she served as the vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine.

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Dr. Inez Reeves is a Neonatology specialist who received her medical degree from the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine in Monrovia, Liberia. She completed her residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Reeves also completed a fellowship at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/PSU in Hershey Pennsylvania. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatology and Perinatal Medicine. She joins the PRMC Neonatology and is providing care to newborns in the Center's Special Care Nursery.

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Dr. Kelly Robinson is a member of the staff in the Department of Emergency Services at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. A specialist in Emergency Medicine, he received his medical degree from the SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York. He completed a residency at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn and a second residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.

Board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Robinson has joined Emergency Services Associates, P.A. and is proving emergency care in the Robert T. Adkins, M.D. Emergency Trauma Center at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

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Dr. Jock Simon is a physician who provides Family Medicine and Urgent Care at Bayside Medical located at 1311 Coastal Highway in Ocean City, MD. A native of Baltimore, Dr. Simon moved to The Shore in 1996. He earned his Bachelor's Degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta and his medical degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Simon was a fellow in organ transplantation at the University of Minnesota before returning to Howard University Hospital as a surgeon and instructor in general surgery.

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Dr. Dionne 1. Smith is a physician in the Department of Emergency Services at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. An Emergency Medicine specialist, Dr. Smith received her medical degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois. She completed an internship at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, VA and a residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital-UT Southwestern in Dallas, TX. Dr. Smith has joined Emergency Services Associates, P.A. and is providing emergency care in the Robert T. Adkins Emergency/Trauma Center at Peninsula Regional

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Dr. Jimmy D. Taylor is a hematology and medical oncology specialist who joined the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology in the Dept. of Medicine at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury last year. He received his medical degree from the Howard University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Taylor completed his internship at the U. of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, AL and his residency at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. He also completed a fellowship at Michigan State U. College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, MI.

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Dr. Julius D. Zant is a Neurosurgeon and a partner in Peninsula Neurosurgical Associates, PA with Dr. Jacek M. Malik. Their office is located at 540 Snow Hill Rd. in Salisbury. He is also president of the medical staff at Peninsula Regional Medical Center and on the staff of its Neurosurgery Division.

Dr. Zant moved to Salisbury in 1989 to head the Division of Neurosurgery at PRMC. He is Board Certified in California, New York, and Maryland. A native of Pasadena, MD, Dr. Zant earned his medical degree from the University of MD School of Medicine in Baltimore where he did his internship. He has also practiced in Syracuse and Los Angeles.

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Dr. Glenwood C. Brooks, Jr. is a Neuropsychologist at Healthsouth Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital in Salisbury. He has practiced there and at Peninsula Regional Medical Center since 1994. His specialty is Adjustments to Health Problems. He has his own private practice and privileges at PRMC, Deer's Head Center, and Genesis Eldercare Rehabilitation Services in Salisbury and Taylor Manor in Ellicott City, MD.

Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Brooks graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He has a post doctorate fellowship in Neuropsychology and holds certificates in psychopharmacology, hypnotherapy, and pain management. He is a member of the American Board of Forensic Examiners.

Dr. Brooks has worked at the University of Maryland, Maryland State Board of Higher Education, and Morgan State University.

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Denise Marshall is a Registered Nurse and the Head of the Nursing Department since 1993 at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury. A native of Salisbury, Marshall earned her BS in Nursing from Hampton University and a Masters of Education from Salisbury University.

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Sharone V. Grant is a Registered Nurse and she has been Director of Student Health Services at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for the last 14 years. She has practiced nursing at SHORE UP!, Deer's Head Center, and Wor-Wic Community College.

A native of Onancock, VA, Mrs. Grant earned her nursing degree from Howard University and her Masters Degree in Nursing from Salisbury University. She is a past president of the MD College Health Nurses Association and a member of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society.

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Dr. Raymond L. Blakely is the acting chair of the newly formed School of Health &Professions at UMES. The School consists of four academic departments: Exercise Science, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant and Rehabilitation Services. Its graduate programs include the master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and the Doctor of Physical Therapy.

Dr. Blakely has 20 years of Physical Therapy Program administration experience, 30 years of experience in clinical practice, and 25 years ofteaching experience. A graduate of Ohio State U. with a BS Degree in Zoology, Dr. Blakely earned his M.Ed. Degree in Educational Guidance &Counseling at Xavier U, his MA Degree in Physical Therapy at NYU, and his PhD Degree in Physical Therapy (Pathokinesiology/Biomechanics and Safety) at NYU.

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Ms. Darlene Robinson is Chair of the Physician Assistant Program at UMES and a Clinical Assistant Professor. She is a graduate of Howard u., where she earned a certificate in Primary Care Medicine and a BS Degree in Physicians Assistant Program of the College of Allied Health Sciences. She also earned a MS Degree in Family Medicine in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at the U. of Nebraska and is pursuing a PhD in the UMES. Organizational Leadership Program. Darlene is a NC-CPA Board Certified Physician Assistant and a member of American Academy of Physician Assistants. She is married to Corey Bowen.

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Derrick Briddell is a Physical Therapist who has been teaching at the UMES department of Physical Therapy since 2003. He completed his B.S. in Physical Therapy at UMES in 1994, received his M.S. in Management/ Health Care Administration from the University of Maryland University College in 2001, and completed a Sports Physical Therapy Residency at Gundersen Lutheran Sports Medicine in LaCrosse, WS in 2002. Briddell also has a variety of clinical work experience such as acute care, sub acute care, long term care, home health care, and outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine.

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Donnie LaRue is the Pharmacy Support Services Supervisor at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury where he has over 30 years of service and was the 2002 Employee of the Year. He worked his way up from Pharmacy Tech I through Tech II and Purchasing Coordinator. He is also the president of the Board of Directors ofTLC, Inc. and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. A native of St. Mary's City, MD, LaRue graduated from high school in Lexington Park, MD. He attended Bowie State Teachers College (now Bowie State u.) before joining the US military. He has studied further, at the University of Maryland College Park.

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LaTonya P. Martin' is a Physical Therapist and the co-owner of Martin Physical Therapy, Inc. in Salisbury and Dover, DE. She and her husband start-ed the company in 2006. A native of Landover, MD, Latonya earned her BS Degree in Physical Therapy from UMES.

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Stephen E. Martin is a Physical Therapist and the co-owner of Martin Physical Therapy, Inc. in Salisbury and Dover, DE. He and his wife started the company in 2006. He is a certified Orthopaedic Specialist. A native of Allen, MD, Martin is a graduate of Parkside High School and earned his BS Degree in Physical Therapy from UMES. The Salisbury office is located at 102A Williamsport Circle.

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Jaunita Milbourne is a Physical Therapist with Aquacare Rehabilitation Services, Inc. in Salisbury. She has been with the company since it started in 1997 and is now clinical director of its Hand &Lymphedema Therapy Center at 314 W. Carroll St. in Salisbury. She is certified in Strain and Counterstrain Treatment and in Lymphedema Treatment including Comprehensive Decongestive Physiotherapy and Manual Lymphatic Drainage. She has practiced physical therapy on Delmarva for over 17 years emphasizing a caring and handson approach.

A native of Snow Hill, MD, Ms. Milbourne earned her BS Degree in Physical Education and Health from Morgan State University and her BS Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. She has practiced at Health South Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital and taught at UMES.

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Brian E. Townsend is vice president and co-owner of Delmarva's Home Care Solution based at 547 A Riverside Drive in Salisbury. The company provides Certified Nursing and Geriatric Assistants for companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparations, errands, and oneon- one home care for the hospitalized and home-bound. A Maryland native, Townsend is trained in business administration and public relations. He is a member of the Holly Community board of directors.

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Dr. Felix Barnett IS an Anesthesiologist at Chester Regional Medical Center at 2108 Didonato Drive in Chester, MD. He specializes in Anesthesiology and Pain Management and is Board certified in both. He has been practicing since 1981 and has practiced on the Eastern Shore since 1995. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed his internship at Providence Hospital in Michigan.

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Dr. Dennis DeShields is a physician at The Memorial Hospital in Easton, MD. It is a part of Shore Health System. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. A graduate of Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. DeShields was a resident in Christiana Care Health System. He is married to Dr. Mary Deshields.

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Dr. Mary DeShields is an Oncologist at Eastern Shore Oncology, P.C. Regional Cancer Center in Easton, MD. She is also a part of Shore Health System. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine in Medical Oncology, and the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. A graduate of Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. Mary DeShields was a resident in Christiana Care Health System and a Medical Oncology Fellow in at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

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Dr. Valerie E. Goodman is a physician at Shore Clinical Foundation in Centerville, MD. She is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice and has been in practice on the Shore for two years. A native of North New Jersey, Dr. Goodman earned her bachelors degree from Seaton Hall University and her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She conducted her residence at St. Joseph's Hospital.

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Dr. Sheri Moore is a Pediatrician at Choptank Community Health Services at 609 Daffm Street in Denton, Maryland. She is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Dr. Taino Osunkoya is a Dentist in private practice in Denton, MD. She opened her Family Dentistry practice there four years ago. Her office is at 414 North 6th Street. A native of Nigeria, Dr. Osunkoya graduated from the University of Lagos there and earned her Dental degree at the University of Pennsylvania Dental School. She resides in Dover, DE with her husband, who is a Physician, and their three children.