Coral Qadar

Coral Qadar is currently the convener of The Muslim Health Consortium. Coral has been a registered professional nurse for more than 30 years, specializing in a variety of Obstetrical Nursing disciplines such as Labor and Delivery, Newborn Nursery, High Risk Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Coral has also been a clinical nursing supervisor and quality assurance nursing supervisor responsible for training home-care nurses to care for mechanically ventilated patients. Coral is the founder of Mothersmind, a platform for promoting, sustaining and enhancing the health of women, families and home life. She is also a writer, and the author of For Sakinah: A Muslim Woman's Reflections on Being a Bride. As a student of "America's Imam" W. Deen Mohammed, Coral seeks to further the essential Abrahamic-Islamic message that there is but One G-d, One Creation, and One Human Family. She and her husband of 40 years have seven children and were blessed to become grandparents to their first grandchild in March of 2020.

Dr. Khalil Marcus Lambert

Dr. Khalil Marcus Lambert is a scientist and educator at Weill Cornell Medicine. He serves as Assistant Dean in the Graduate School and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine. Trained in both biomedical and social science research methodology, his research efforts focus on educational and health equity interventions that improve access, equity and diversity in science and medicine. He currently directs a summer research program for undergraduate students and is a member of the Cornell Center for Health Equity.

Dr. Lambert is a graduate of W. D. Mohammed High School and recipient of the Science & Technology Award by the Mohammed Schools of Atlanta. He has also received the Generation NEXT Leadership Award by the Muslim Journal, the Health and Health Disparities Award of Excellence from Howard University, and has been honored by the U.S. State Department as a “Generation Changer”, part of an international network of visionary young leaders. Dr. Lambert received his Ph.D. in biomedical science from New York University (NYU) School of Medicine and his bachelor’s degree in biology from Howard University. He also holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research from Weill Cornell Graduate School. Dr. Lambert resides in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and four children.

Imam Dr. Mikal Ramadan

Mikal Ramadan was born in Mount Clemens Michigan on October 29, 1947. He has been married to Agnes Ramadan for nearly 50 years. They have four children, 11 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. He is the past Resident Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa in Chicago - a position which he served in for 14 years. This position was passed to his successor Imam Tariq El-Amin. Dr. Ramadan has practiced full-time emergency medicine for 40 years.

Past History: His family joined the Nation of Islam in 1962 under the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Akron, in Akron Ohio in 1969 on a full Firestone scholarship. He obtained his Medical Degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville Tennessee in 1973 where he was selected for the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. In December 1974, he sustained a near fatal abdominal gunshot wound while coming to the aid of another brother while they were out selling Muhammad Speaks newspaper.

Dr. Ramadan and his family moved to Chicago in 1975 after a private meeting which he had with Imam WD Mohammed in the National House in Hyde Park. In 1975 he served as the national committee coordinator under Imam W D Mohammed. In 1977 he served as the Director of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad Memorial health facilities corporation. 1981 he completed an internal medicine residency at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. He was recommended for the Norris L Brokens Award as an outstanding Internal Medicine Resident in the State of Illinois.

In 2001 he was elected to serve as the resident Imam of the Taqwa Islamic Center in Chicago. Its name was later changed to Masjid Al-Taqwa upon the recommendation of Imam WD Muhammad. He made four separate trips to Rome to attend International interfaith conferences sponsored by the Focalare Movement. Imam Dr. Mikal Ramadan continues to teach Al Islam as a student of Imam WD Mohammed and to practice Emergency medicine.

Dr. Qiana A. Johnson, DNP, FNP-C

Dr. Johnson is a board- certified family nurse practitioner. Dr. Johnson is currently the owner of Lotus Family Wellness Clinic, Adjunct Faculty for Chamberlain College of Nursing, and Forensic Medical Program Director for Day League AKA DeKalb Rape Crisis Center (DeKalb County’s 1st and only Forensic Medical Center).

Qiana A. Johnson, DNP, FNP-C attained a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee, where she studied to become a Family Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Forensic Nurse.

Dr. Johnson previously worked at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at the Stephanie V. Blank Center for Safe and Healthy Children where she assessed and treated pediatric victims of abuse. Prior to advancing her degree, she has worked at Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory Midtown, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Emergency Department.

Dr. Johnson is a wife and mother of 3 children. She resides in Fayetteville, GA with her family, and in her spare time, she enjoys cooking and writing.

Michael A. McGee, MD, MPH, FACEP

Michael A. McGee, MD, MPH, FACEP is a Full Partner with Vituity Emergency Medicine in Gary and Merrillville, Indiana, as well as, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CE) of Premier Urgent Care and Occupational Health Center in Chicago Hyde Park.  He graduated from Purdue University w/a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology/Psychology.  Dr. McGee also has a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Illinois in Chicago, a Medical Doctorate from Rush Medical College in Chicago, and completed his Internship and Residency in the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York University (NYU) / Bellevue Hospital Medical Center in New York, NY.  Upon completion of residency, Dr. McGee worked as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory/Grady Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He later became the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an independent Methodist ER Group called Northwest Emergency Associates (NEA), LLC.  In 2019 NEA merged with Vituity Healthcare where Dr. McGee is a full partner.   Dr. McGee is also the Chair of the Firearm Violence and Injury Prevention Committee of the ACEP Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity (DIHE) Section for the American College of Emergency Physicians.  He is also the National Chair for the Violence Prevention Action Committee for 100 Black Men of America, as well as, COVID Chair for Health and Wellness Committee for 100 Black Men of Chicago.  In 2020, Dr. McGee received special recognition for his work with Firearm Violence which included: The National Medical Association, EM Section, Tamara O’Neal, MD Social Justice Award; Vituity Dr. Wes Curry Award in Social Justice; February Healthcare Hero Recognition Award by Vituity; and the Rush Medical College Black History Month Graduate Spotlight.  In 2021, he received ACEP’s Community Emergency Medicine Excellence Award.  Dr. McGee is also the Founder of a Violence Prevention Nonprofit Organization called Project Outreach and Prevent (POP) on Teen Violence, Inc.  In 2022, Dr. McGee won the IHEART Media Brilliantly Black Business Award.

Dr. Constance D. Shabazz

Dr. Constance D. Shabazz is a physician and healthcare social justice advocate from Chicago, IL. She has over 50 years of experience working in various positions in and with over 300 community health centers across the U.S. and Virgin Islands. She has served over 18 years as a clinical consultant for the Health Resources Services Administration.

In 2020, Dr. Shabazz founded and serves as the CEO of the Salaam Community Wellness Center in Chicago, IL. This was established in response to the need for a more culturally-responsive model of healthcare in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This model incorporates “compassion, listening and empathy” as its core objectives. Salaam Community Wellness Center adopted an integrative model of care utilizing the best of western and non-western modalities combining conventional medicine with deep breathing, meditation, yoga, acupuncture, massage therapy, music and sound therapy. Dr. Shabazz received her medical degree from Southern IL University School of Medicine and holds masters degrees in public health and business administration. She was awarded a Public Service Fellowship at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government where she earned a master of public administration degree in 2002.