Wayne A.I. Frederick

CTL-E-6737 · Person · physician · 1971–present

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Wayne A. I. Frederick (born 1971, Trinidad and Tobago) is a surgical oncologist who served as the 17th president of Howard University from 2014 to 2023, leading the university while continuing to practice and teach surgery. A Howard alumnus, he rose through its medical school as a cancer surgeon and administrator before the presidency. He is known for work on pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancers and on health disparities.

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Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged health pioneers packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/health/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Physician — surgical oncologist; President of Howard University · Photo: Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense · CC BY 2.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_University_President_Wayne_A.I._Frederick_-_230123-D-BN624-0152.jpg) · staged for CultureTechLens Full per-asset record in this package's photo-records.json, keyed to CTL-E-6737.

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• Wikipedia, 'Wayne Frederick' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Frederick

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