title: First black recipient of New York State Medical Society Award: Gerald W. Deas, MD, MPH.
authors.affiliation: College of New Rochelle, School of New Resources, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Douglass
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000266:history; D012955:Societies, Medical