Robert Smith

Robert Smith has a caring heart matched by impeccable skills which have made him a physician his native Mississippians are proud to call their own. Smith, a charter fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a charter diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, is well known for his interest in helping young people prepare for the medical profession and his commitment to making sure adults and children have proper medical care. Smith opened the first private, black-owned family health center in Mississippi—Central Mississippi Health Services, Inc. He has served as a preceptor for many medical schools, including Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee; Iowa University in Iowa City, Iowa; Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; Howard University in Washington, D.C.; and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is active in multiple professional and civic organizations with a special interest in education and the arts.