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ABOUT US
LEADERSHIP
Denise Wynne-Baker, MD, FAAP President William King Jr., MD, FAAP Vice President Kim May, MD Treasurer Safiyya Shabazz, MD, FAAFP Financial Secretary Judith Outten, MD Recording Secretary Lynda Thomas-Mabine, MD, FACOG Corresponding Secretary Cameron Rutledge, MD Young Physicians Representative | CURRENT OFFICERSPresident - Denise Wynne-Baker, MD, FAAP
Dr. Denise Wynne-Baker is a Board-Certified Pediatrician with strong ties to the Philadelphia Community. She received her Medical Degree from Temple University, graduated from Bryn Mawr College’s Post Baccalaureate Program, and received her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Wynne-Baker has served a large multi-generational panel of patients in the Philadelphia Community for many years. In recognition of her outstanding clinical career and expertise, she has received many honors including being a Macy’s Scholar at Bryn Mawr College, recognized as a Living Legend in Medicine by Philadelphia City Council, inducted in the Overbrook High School Hall of Fame and a contributor to newspapers, radio and television shows in the Philadelphia area. Dr. Wynne-Baker is the President of the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania and Chair of the MSEP Pipeline Committee. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and The Links Incorporated. Dr. Wynne-Baker is married to Jim Baker, and they have 2 daughters, Elizabeth Baker, an accomplished actor and Nicole Baker, a fourth-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University. Vice President - William King, Jr. MD, FAAP
Dr. William King is a general pediatrician in private practice at Pediatric and Adolescent Medical Centers of Philadelphia, an African-American owned practice. He was the Chief of the section of Community Pediatrics at Temple School of Medicine, and served as an Ensign in the National Health Service Corps branch of the US Public Health Service. He performed his residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was a medical student at Yale University, and is an alumnus of Stanford University. He trained and worked in molecular biology labs at Stanford, the National Institutes of Health, and Duke University. Dr. King’s professional interests are in community-based pediatric practice, and parent education. His research interests have been on youth violence reduction, childhood malnutrition, and medical student outreach. He is currently the Vice President of the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, representing Philadelphia-area Black Physicians. His history with the National Medical Association extends back to medical school where he was a SNMA national vice president. He is the co-host on Physicians-On-Air, MSEP's monthly radio show on WURD radio. Dr King is a deacon at White Rock Baptist Church in West Philadelphia, where he works actively with scouting and cultivates the Children’s Garden. His wife is a professor in the School of Social Work at Widener University and they have a talented high school son and college graduate daughter who take up the rest of their attention. Kim Weems May, MD - Treasurer |
