Cream City Medical Society is a chartered member of the National Medical Association, is an 82 year old institution representing African American doctors of every health discipline including medicine, dentistry, podiatry, and pharmacy. Its goal and purpose is to address the health care needs of the African American community while raising money for scholarship funding [...]

Organization hosts kick off event on June 25th to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS Cream City Medical Society (CCMS) will kick off National HIV Testing Day with its 7th Annual “Take the Test, Take Control” event on June 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club, 611 West Cherry Street. [...]

Organization seeks to create awareness and improve treatment According to the Maryland Heart Center, one African American dies as a result of high blood pressure every hour in this country, which is nearly twice as often as their white counterparts. Blacks also suffer from heart and kidney disease at alarmingly high rates, both of which [...]

The 2nd Annual Cream City Medical Society Scholarship Reception was held last week at the home of Dr. William Finlayson, one of Milwaukee’s most respected doctors. Five outstanding young Milwaukeeans were the recipients of the scholarships, Carissa Drewa, Solange Eloundoa, Ann Eshun, Terence Mukonje and Berthrand Onuoha. Also pictured above is Dr. Randle Pollard also [...]

African Americans almost twice as likely to require hospitalization Recently published reports have detailed the disparity in the number of H1N1 cases requiring hospitalization in the Milwaukee area and throughout the state of Wisconsin. As it stands, minorities require hospitalization two to three more often than whites. The Wisconsin Division of Public Health recognizes that [...]