AMA presents Distinguished Service Award to trailblazing pathologist

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CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) presented Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., a groundbreaking academic and public health official, with the Distinguished Service Award. The award honors a member of the AMA for meritorious service in the science and art of medicine. 

“Dr. Pinn has spent her life blazing trails. Attending segregated public schools in small-town Virginia, Dr. Pinn attended Wellesley College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where she was the only woman and only African American in her class. With grit and intelligence, she has carved out a career as a physician, academic leader, public health official and mentor, not to mention a leader in organized medicine. We all stand on her shoulders,” said AMA President Susan R. Bailey, M.D. 

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