IMPORTANCE OF BLACK HISTORY IN MEDICINE

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  1. 4. The first African American psychiatrist and a leading pioneer in understanding what we now know as Alzheimer’s disease.
  2. 5. The "Father of Blood Banking." Led the first American Red Cross Blood Bank and created mobile blood donation stations, before later protesting and resigning from the organization due to its policies and practice of segregating blood by race.
  3. 8. Author of "The Woodchopper" and our very own king of Bloodless Surgery
  4. 9. The founding dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine - the first predominantly black medical school in the US in the 20th century.
  5. 10. Performed the first successful open-heart surgery, being the first Black cardiologist,
  6. 12. The Youngest Provider of color in our office. Known for her hospitality and passionate care of her patients. Also known for wearing fun socks.
  7. 13. The first Black Neurosurgeon in the United States, later becoming cheif of Neuro at the Children's hospital of Michigan.
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  1. 1. The first black woman to direct the Bureau of Primary Health Care in the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. She is most famous for her work studying sickle cell disease.
  2. 2. The first African American woman in the US to graduate with a medical degree.
  3. 3. Performed a series of experimental operations of enslaved African Women between 1845 and 1849. Known as the Founding father of Gynecology.
  4. 6. First African-American to complete an ophthalmology residency
  5. 7. African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.
  6. 11. A member of civil rights group, "the United Font". Helped organize the Flying Black Medics, a group of practitioners who flew from Chicago to Cairo to bring medical care and health education to members of the remote community.