Louis W. Sullivan, MD
President Emeritus, Morehouse School of MedicineChair, Sullivan Alliance to Transform America's Health Professions
Dr. Sullivan is the founding dean and director of the Morehouse College medical education program, the first minority medical school founded in the United States in the Twentieth Century. Dr. Sullivan oversaw the Morehouse School of Medicine’s independence from Morehouse College in 1981. Dr. Sullivan has a distinguished teaching career that includes Harvard Medical School, the New Jersey College of Medicine, and the Boston University School of Medicine. He was the co-director of Hematology at Boston University Medical Center and founder of the Boston University Hematology Service at Boston City Hospital.
Dr. Sullivan was appointed the honor of Secretary of Health and Human Services by former President George H.W. Bush in 1989. In 1993, Dr. Sullivan returned to Morehouse School of Medicine as president and retired in 2002. His current work focuses on increasing medical student’s skills in pain diagnosis and treatment, as well as on African American health issues, and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Dr. Sullivan is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He is a founding member of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools and in 2003 was appointed chair of the president’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dr. Sullivan is on the board of trustees for Morehouse School of Medicine and the National Health Museum, as well as a board member for Medical Education for South African Blacks, and Africare, among others.
Dr. Sullivan earned his medical degree, cum laude, from the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hematology. As an undergraduate, Dr. Sullivan attended Morehouse College, graduating magna cum laude.
