Alumni Highlight: Dr. Vonda K. Douglas-Nikitin

Receives excellence in leadership award.

Dr. Vonda K. Douglas-Nikitin, MD (courtesy of Vonda K. Douglas-Nikitin)

Dr. Vonda K. Douglas-Nikitin, MD, was recently awarded by the Society of Black Pathologists with the 2023 Vivian W. Pinn, MD Award for Excellence in Leadership in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for her experience of over twenty years in leadership, teaching and practicing medicine. She is also a current member of the Andrews University Board of Trustees.

Dr. Douglas-Nikitin grew up in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and did her undergraduate training at Johns Hopkins University and Andrews University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology in 1988.

She is currently a Hematopathologist at Corewell Health in Royal Oak, Michigan, in addition to serving as an assistant dean for Diversity & Inclusion and associate professor of pathology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

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