Dr.SherellVicksCrawford

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Sherell Vicks Crawford is a native of Camilla, GA. She is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Claretha Smart Vicks and the late Mr. Ernest Everette Vicks, Sr. She is the Valedictorian of the 1977 Graduating Class of Mitchell County High School, Camilla, Georgia. She is a Cum Laude Graduate of Morris Brown College, 1981. During her time at Morris Brown, she attended Premedical and Biomedical Summer Programs at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee.

A proud graduate of Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, she attended the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta and did an Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine. Upon completion of the Residency, she was employed by Kaiser Permanente, Dekalb Medical Center and then ultimately became an independent provider in the Atlanta Metro Area. She has served as the President and CEO of Hillandale Medical Associates, PC, Lithonia, Georgia, since 2001.

She is married to Rev. Marvin L. Crawford, MD and is the mother of Claire Brittany (PhD student at University of Southern California) and Marvin, Jr. (Graduate of Morehouse College). Together, the Crawfords serve the congregation of First St. Paul AME Church, Lithonia, Georgia. Sherell has served as the Connectional Young People’s and Children’s Division Director of the Women’s Missionary Society, African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a Life Member of the Women’s Missionary Society.

A recipient of numerous recognitions and awards, a member of various organizations including the American Medical Association, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Kappa Chi, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Chi Tau Omega Chapter.