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Ala Stanford

1970–

United States

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Ala Stanford (born December 1970) is an American pediatric surgeon. She founded Philadelphia's Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. What began as free COVID-19 testing, funded by Stanford herself, reaching nearly 400 patients each day, developed into a step towards restructuring our healthcare system to the benefit of those facing inequality in regards to receiving care.

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