Gregory L. Hall, MD

Gregory L. Hall, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Author · Expert in African American Health & Precision Medicine
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Cleveland Public LibraryCleveland 230 HonoreeNational authority on African American health
Cuyahoga County Board of HealthPresident · First African American appointed to the Board
Pri-MedNational CME FacultyOne of medicine’s foremost voices on African American health
The HistoryMakersScienceMakers Digital Archive, Library of Congress

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Gregory L. Hall, MD, is a Cleveland internal medicine physician and an expert in African American health and precision medicine. He is the author of Precision Medicine for African Americans (Springer Nature, 2nd ed., 2025), Patient-Centered Clinical Care for African Americans (Springer Nature, 2020), and Better Black Health (Archway Publishing, 2025). Dr. Hall is President of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, an Associate Clinical Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a National Ambassador for the National Medical Association, and founder and Board Chair of the National Institute for African American Health (NIAAH), which mentors the next generation of Black physicians. He is featured faculty for Pri-Med’s “Bridging the Gap” CME series and the creator and host of Better Black Health TV.

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Gregory L. Hall, MD, is a Cleveland internal medicine physician and an expert in African American health and precision medicine. He is the author of Precision Medicine for African Americans (Springer Nature) and Better Black Health, President of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and founder of the National Institute for African American Health.

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Gregory L. Hall, MD, is a Cleveland internal medicine physician, an expert in African American health and precision medicine, and author of Precision Medicine for African Americans (Springer Nature).

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Precision medicine and raceWhy treatment guidelines built largely on data from white patients can miss risks in Black patients, and how clinicians can close the gap today.
The Black health gapHow ancestry, environment, access to care, and bias combine to drive higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, and cancer.
Why Black men avoid doctorsThe cultural, historical, and systemic barriers, and why meeting people in the barbershop and on the front porch works.
Building the next generation of Black physiciansHow NIAAH Scholars pairs Black pre-med and medical students with Black physician mentors, and why representation in medicine affects outcomes.
Medicaid and minority health policyTwo decades on Ohio’s Medicaid Medical Care Advisory Committee and six years as Chairman of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health.
Public health leadershipServing as President of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health through the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccine equity efforts.

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Precision Medicine for African Americans

Springer Nature · 2nd ed., 2025 · For clinicians
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Better Black Health

Archway Publishing · 2025 · For patients & families
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Better Black Health TV

An unscripted, myth-busting series filmed in barbershops, on front porches, and at kitchen tables, created and hosted by Dr. Hall. The series is currently in development.

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LocationCleveland, Ohio

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