Virginia Davis Floyd, MD — internal medicine, administration, public health
Courtesy Virginia Davis Floyd, MD, MPH
Dr. Virginia Davis Floyd (b. 1951) makes a difference by extending medical care to underserved populations around the world and integrating indigenous medical traditions with Western methods. In 1991, as a W. K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship award recipient, Dr. Floyd studied traditional medicine and indigenous cultures in Egypt, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Guatemala, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Hawaii, as well as Native American Nations in the United States. “The first thing I learned,” she says, “is how poorly trained I am as a healer. I am a good technician, but I don’t have a clue about healing your soul. It has brought me full circle... Through my studies, I’ve realized that indigenous knowledge is true science. The award changed my personal and professional life.”
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