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2001 MLK Day at CHM

B.S. Eaton
E.O. Seals

To mark the 2001 Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Monday January 15, the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine organized a session tagged "Physicians and Student Physicians Working in Community: Social Responsibility in Action." The college invited two alumni of the institution, Rev. Eugene O. Seals, MD, and B. Surae Eaton, MD, to share their views on how they demonstrate this in their practice as physicians and through their community outreach activities. Both alumni have returned to provide health care in their hometowns and have continued involvement with medical education and preparing students and residents for the practice of medicine. Presentations by these alumni members were followed by a discussion by student representatives who are involved with similar projects of their own. Wanda Dean Lipscomb, Ph.D., CHM Assistant Dean and Director of the Center of Excellence in Minority Health Education and Health, presided over the day's program.

A release from the CHM Office of Student Affairs and Services, described Seals as a member of the CHM Class of 1993. Currently he is the Assistant Director, family Practice Residency program, Saginaw cooperative Hospital Inc. According to the release, Rev. Dr. Seals is an ordained minister who entered CHM as a nontraditional student with eight children. Upon completion of his MD degree he returned to his hometown of Saginaw, Michigan where he completed his residency training and now works as a physician.

Dr. Seals worked for several years at the Jane Street Clinic that serves disadvantaged populations in the Saginaw community. He is active in several community organizations.

The CHM release also described Dr. Eaton as belonging to CHM Class of 1980. She is a Family Practice Physician and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Family Practice, College of Human Medicine.

Also Dr. Eaton is in private practice in Lansing, Michigan. A respected figure in her community, Dr. Eaton has used her training as a physician to impact the lives of many in the community. Her volunteer work includes serving as a mentor in the Lansing school District, education about health promotion for indigent populations, and participation in the Lansing Ghana Sister City Project. Dr. Eaton was a member of the first Lansing delegation to Ghana during which a team of physicians volunteered in a Ghana health clinic.


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Eaton & colleages during reception
Seals during reception
Seals