Xylina Bean

Dr. Xylina Bean, co-founder of SHIELDS for Families, is the Chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics and W. K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. She is a native of Tennessee, although she spent most of her career in California. Dr. Bean is a board certified Pediatrician and Neonatologist. Before going to Nashville, she was Chief of Neonatology and Director of High Risk Children’s Medical Programs at King/Drew Medical Center, Associate Professor at Drew and Clinical Professor at UCLA. Dr. Bean was also co-founder of Wilmington Community Clinic, a FQHC clinic serving the predominantly lower income population in the Southbay. She attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA obtaining a B.A. in Physiology in 1969. She then matriculated through the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine where she gained her doctorate of medicine degree. She entered into residency at Martin Luther King, Jr. General Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, completing her pediatric residency and a fellowship in Neonatology. She then joined the Pediatric faculty at Charles R. Drew University.