In an effort to improve access to healthcare for one of the country’s most disadvantaged communities, Juno Medical Clinic has opened its doors on Black Wall Street.
The opening ceremony takes place 102 years after the city-approved Tulsa Race Massacre set Greenwood on fire, and more than 50 years after the city’s urban renewal project bulldozed through the neighborhood once more.
The 3,800 square-foot office of Juno Medical, which is situated at 21 North Greenwood Suite A, is only a few feet away from the location of Dr. Andrew Chesteen Jackson’s medical center which operated on Black Wall Street over 102 years ago.
Dr. A.C. Jackson was a nationally renowned surgeon and infectious disease expert who handled patients of all races. However, he was sadly shot dead at close range on May 31, 1921, by members of the city-authorized White mob.
Dr. Jabraan Pasha, a native of Tulsa, was appointed to run the Tulsa chapter of Juno. For years, he has traveled the country sharing information on health inequities and the steps that may be taken to correct them in order to raise awareness among communities about the harmful racial health disparities that Black Americans experience.
In an interview with The Black Wall Street Times, he said, “There was just something that was missing, and it was literally being in the community that I was trying to help.”
He also shared that he got an email from Dr. Akili Hinson, the founder of Juno Medical, in September. After some discussion, he was appointed as the vice president of health equity for the entire firm and the Tulsa clinic’s medical director.
The goal, according to Dr. Pasha, is to create a healthier world. “Ten years from now we’re going to be a different sized company, and we really will have the ability to literally create a healthier country, create a healthier world.”
The city of Tulsa’s own records shows that people living in the largely Black North Tulsa have a life expectancy variation of more than 10 years compared to people living in the predominantly White South Tulsa.
Juno is a Black-owned, healthcare startup with locations in Harlem, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Atlanta.
According to Dr. Pasha, Juno Medical, Tulsa, is designed for the contemporary working family, with convenience and excellence at the forefront of its priorities.
Juno Medical aims to help people from all spheres of life in the Tulsa metro area, regardless of their ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
