Samantha Dorisca

A medical breakthrough in Louisiana has benefited 15-year-old Phillip Mullin of Alexandria. FOX 8 WVUE-TV in New Orleans reports that gene therapy has functionally cured Mullin, a student at Holy Savior Menard High School, of sickle cell disease. According to the treatment’s official website, he was treated at Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New Orleans with… Continue reading Phillip Mullin Is The First Child In Louisiana To Be Cured Of Sickle Cell

Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine has reached a new milestone. According to a press release, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education granted preliminary accreditation to the college, located in the New Orleans BioDistrict. Students will soon be able to enroll in the college’s inaugural class, scheduled for 2027. Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine is the nation’s fifth… Continue reading Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine, The Nation’s Fifth Historically Black Medical Institution, Receives Preliminary Accreditation To Address Physician Shortage

BlackDoctor has announced its new medical advisory board. The relaunched health and wellness platform, with the largest network of Black healthcare professionals in America, is driven by the mission “Where Culture Meets Care,” as AFROTECH™ previously reported. CEO Akinwole (Aki) Garrett leads the platform, which has more than 30,000 practitioners and reaches more than 30… Continue reading BlackDoctor, The Largest Network of Black Healthcare Professionals In America, Announces Its New Medical Advisory Board With 8 Physicians

AI systems architect Alexandria Hamilton aims to create products that make a positive impact. Hamilton has seven years of experience across the Electronic Health Records (EHR) sector, working at Oracle Cerner and a pediatric health system, where she led data and AI products. As noted on her LinkedIn, she built AI systems for healthcare and… Continue reading Alexandria Hamilton Created An ‘Independent Safety Layer For Clinical AI’ Because Governance Shouldn’t Be A Final Step

A Senegalese pharmaceutical company is behind a new generic drug for sickle cell disease. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes red blood cells to become abnormally shaped. The cell takes on a crescent or “sickle” shape, making it harder for blood to flow through the body. This causes… Continue reading Pharmaceutical Company In Senegal Produces First African-Made Clinical Treatment For Sickle Cell

Another milestone has been hit in the medical field. According to UC San Diego Today, a collaboration between University of California San Diego engineers and surgeons led two teleoperated humanoid robots, nicknamed Surgie, to perform two surgeries in a preclinical trial on “large non-primate mammals.” This marked a world first. In the first surgery, a… Continue reading Teleoperated Humanoid Robots Successfully Perform 2 Surgeries For The First Time Ever

Dr. Myron L. Rolle has stepped into an advisory role that will combine his medical expertise with his experience as a former athlete. Rolle was a junior at Florida State University when he was awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and went on to study at the University of Oxford in 2009, SB Nation reports. He aspired… Continue reading Myron L. Rolle, Former NFL Player And Now Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Takes Strategic NFLPA Advisory Role

Boston Children’s Hospital has discovered various rare conditions by using AI. According to an article by OpenAI, ChatGPT for Healthcare was integrated as an enterprise AI layer across the hospital’s clinical and operational infrastructure. The institution, which has nearly 1 million outpatient visits annually, deployed more than 50 automations for operational workflows, benefiting the hospital’s supply… Continue reading Boston Children’s Hospital Uses AI To Help At Least 40 Families Receive Diagnoses For Rare Conditions

Twenty-three-year-old Daniel Cressy already wants to pay it forward after experiencing a medical breakthrough in Louisiana. In 2023, the New Orleans native was among the more than 1,400 people in Louisiana hospitalized that year for sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that distorts red blood cells into a crescent or “sickle” shape, as AFROTECH™ previously… Continue reading 23-Year-Old Daniel Cressy Becomes First Person In Louisiana Cured Of Sickle Cell Disease Through Gene Therapy

Microsoft has partnered with Mayo Clinic to solve complex challenges in healthcare. Teaming Up with Mayo Clinic According to a press release, the big tech company’s AI, cloud, engineering, and superintelligence capabilities will be leveraged alongside Mayo Clinic’s expertise in healthcare, clinical data, and “longitudinal insights” to build a frontier AI model for healthcare use… Continue reading Microsoft Partners With Mayo Clinic To Launch AI Solutions To Improve Patient Outcomes

Dr. Silvia Bautista Morrobel returned to a dental practice where she once worked, except this time, to become its owner. The first-generation student is a proud graduate of Marquette University School of Dentistry. Before attending the university, she double-majored in biology (pre-dentistry) and Spanish, and minored in chemistry, on a full-ride scholarship at the University… Continue reading Dr. Silvia Bautista Morrobel Now Owns The Dental Practice She Previously Worked At In The Past

Tuskegee University is working to increase access to nursing careers. Nursing Apprenticeship Program Details According to a press release, the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) has approved its nursing apprenticeship program, which was established to strengthen Alabama’s healthcare workforce and expand care access. The program marks a first for a four-year HBCU in the… Continue reading Tuskegee University Approved For Paid Nursing Apprenticeship Program That Will Strengthen Alabama’s Healthcare Workforce