Major Minority Physician Associations Come Together Alliance Signifies Closer Ties and Partnerships Between Doctors to Achieve Health Equity for the Underserved WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during Minority Health Month,…

John Fontaine, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS It is a privilege and honor to serve as the 17th President of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC). The ABC is a non-profit…

A brief history of ABC’s early outreach in churches, barbershops and beauty salons The idea of getting a haircut and having your blood pressure (BP) checked has garnered many conversations…

The American Heart Association (AHA) has announced that Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease at…

ABC and ACC collaborated on a two-phase initiative focused on disparities in access to treatment among minorities and underserved populations.  The first phase of this initiative was a survey among…

Richard F. Gillum, MD, MS, Howard University College of Medicine, recently published “The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Black Diaspora” in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.…