"Do not allow your mind to be imprisoned by majority thinking. Remember that the limits of science are not the limits …"

"To me, it was home and a place of happy memories, and I grew up believing I was rich."

"Although I chose a path in cornea and cataract surgery for my specialization, I could not help but be impacted by my …"

"I wasn’t seeking to be first. I was just doing my thing, and I wanted to serve humanity along the way—to give the gif…"

"“Philosophically, I like to think that my greatest accomplishment has to be those moments when I’ve helped someone re…"

"“Service to the underserved was a natural evolution of my life from my Harlem roots,”"

"“When I was offered an office not equivalent to that of my male colleagues, I could’ve started marching. But I felt i…"

""Hater-ation, segregation, racism, that’s the noise — you have to ignore that and keep your eyes focused on the"

"My parents believed that with enough education, I could own the world,"

"When I began my residency training at New York University, I had no idea that I was the first and only African-Americ…"