Black History Medical Hidden Figures

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Across
  1. 2. First to use blood plasma to store blood for transfusion
  2. 3. First black psychiatrist recognized by the American Psychiatric Association
  3. 5. First black female physician awarded a patent for a medical invention
  4. 7. First black woman awarded a nursing degree
  5. 9. First black woman awarded a medical degree from a U.S. college
  6. 10. First woman elected president of the New York Cancer Society
  7. 14. First black physician elected president of the American Medical Association
  8. 15. First black physician appointed director of a U.S. hospital
  9. 16. First neurosurgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins attached at the back of the head
  10. 18. One of the first physicians to perform a successful open-heart surgery; founded the first interracial and black-owned hospital.
Down
  1. 1. First black woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons
  2. 4. First black man to lead a major pharmaceutical company
  3. 6. First black female director of an U.S. Public Health Service bureau
  4. 8. First black female physician appointed surgeon general
  5. 9. President and co-founder of the first professional organization for black physicians
  6. 11. First black president of the American Medical Women's Association
  7. 12. First black female neurosurgeon
  8. 13. First black man to practice with a medical degree in the U.S.
  9. 17. First black physician to teach at Harvard Medical School