Show Notes:

In today’s episode, we interview Dr. Myiesha Taylor. Dr. Taylor is an author and Emergency Medicine Physician, and Medical Director for several plasma collection centers. We explore the industry's current status, discuss what it means to be “Fierce Donor Advocates,” and learn more about the role race plays in the medical community.

Guest: Dr. Myiesha Taylor 

Dr. Taylor Intro

1. Emergency Medicine Physician 
2. Founder of the Artemis Medical Society which supports and mentors women physicians of color around the world
3. Taylor was featured in NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt’s Inspiring America segment
4. She was selected as a 2014 Dallas Women’s Foundation Young Leader Award honoree 
5. She was featured in three Disney Junior Get Inspired Black History Month interstitials
6. In 2014 she was selected to receive the Dallas Women’s Foundation Maura Women Helping Women Young Leader Award
7. has also been honored as a Dallas Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, D Magazine Moms Who Inspire, 

1. 1. Was named to HBCU (Historically Black College or University) Digest’s Most Powerful People

Role of the Medical Director in a Source Plasma collection center.

FDA’s current stance on male donors who have sex with other males.

The industry does a great job of being culturally competent and sensitive.

The inspiration behind Myiesha McStuffins is Doc McStuffin’s, the famous Disney character’s mother.