Dr. Ala Stanford, MS, FACS, FAAP
Seeing that the testing shortage disproportionately affected the city s Black population, started the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium with the aim of increasing access to testing among African Americans in the City of Philadelphia, which has conducted more than 22,000 barrier-free, no-cost tests. The Consortium will be administering the vaccine to Philly s Black communities.
Board certified by the American Board of Surgery in both pediatric and adult general surgery.
Medical correspondent for local and national news outlets
Serves on the CDC Philadelphia Department of Public Health COVID19 Vaccine Advisory Committee
Worked and trained at University of University of Pittsburgh, SUNY @ Brooklyn, The Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center and The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia.