Biden Appoints Philadelphia’s Dr. Ala Stanford to Lead Regional HHS Office

By Alan Yu | WHYY

Published May 3, 2022 at 7:44 AM EDT

Dr. Ala Stanford reflected on 2 years of the Black Doctors Consortium’s efforts to give health care to undeserved Philadelphians at a press conference announcing $3 million in funding for the organization from Community Project Funding on March 28, 2022.

President Biden recently announced new regional directors for the Department of Health and Human Services. The director for the region that includes Pennsylvania and Delaware is Dr. Ala Stanford, founder of the Black Doctor's COVID-19 Consortium in Philadelphia.

WHYY's Alan Yu has more on Dr. Stanford's background and previous work up to this point.

(Original air-date: 5/3/22)

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