WASHINGTON, DC: Mfume named executive leader of National Medical Association

Former U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume will take the helm of the nation's oldest and largest medical association representing the more than 30,000 physicians of African descent and their patients, effective March 29. Mfume spent nine years leading the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, where he established the organization's first National Office of Health Advocacy to educate and advocate on behalf of access and affordability in healthcare.