The Top 21: Our List of Outstanding Black Doctors

Dr. Hilda Hutcherson grew up in Tuskegee, AL at a time when African Americans were held to a different standard. When she informed a high school guidance counselor that she planned to enter the Ivy League, she was told, “You can’t do that. You’ll just fail and embarrass your parents.”  Today Dr. Hutcherson holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a medical degree from Harvard.  She’s also among the top physicians in the nation as according to Black Enterprise and Castle Connoly.  She currently serves as Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Dean for Diversity and Minority Affairs at Columbia.  Dr. Hutcherson is also the author of three books: Having Your Baby: A Guide for African American Women; What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex and Pleasure; and A Woman’s Guide to Getting the Sex You Want, Need and Deserve.