Tamika Cross is an OBGYN. She was previously Resident Physician at University of Toledo Medical Center. Tamika lives in Houston, Texas and hails originally from Southfield, Michigan.

Education

Tamika studied at Meharry Medical College and University of Michigan. She attended Southfield-Lathrup High School.

Flight Incident

In October 2016, Tamika was on a Delta Air Lines flight when a man became unresponsive. When she told the crew she is a doctor and offered to help, the crew didn't believe her because she is a black woman and asked to see documentation. The man nearly died. Tamika wrote about the racist experience on Facebook and her post went viral.

The flight attendant demonstrated a lack of trust and offered snooty comments to Tamika for not having her credentials.

The Flight attendant responded when seeing Tamika, “Oh wow, you’re an actual physician?” A white male then approached the row where the man was dying and said he was a physician as well, the flight attendant then said, "thanks for your help but he can help us, and he has his credentials.”

Yet, the white man never presented the flight attendant with his credentials.

Delta representative denounced the incident.

He has said that the company would further investigate the matter.