African Americans New Frontiers in Academic Surgery
One of my male African American cousins was an established medical doctor over thirty years ago who died in America from some type of contagion he picked up in Africa on a visit their with his wife, an attorney. Hospitals, never detected what the cause of his death or the contagion. Like him, I was interested in the brain and music. I have always loved anything to do with the brain and find much respect for anyone that puts the time and effort into learning about one of the most intriticate parts of the human body and some may say spirit. I use my interest in Jazz and American Identity to help world citizens grasp who they are as humans and the place of black history in culture through the doumenting of the impact of music in society.
What I have found is there are many African Americans in the field of neurosurgery. Instead of writing several articles, in part because it would simply be exhausting for me to do so at this time in my life with my own educational studies I am currently persuing, I am giving you a link to view the many women and men of African descent who are making leaps and bounds in today's medical field. Many of these individuals are also top professors and major Ivy League schools. Some of the women whose backgrounds you will review through the website are also first, such as Dr. Claudia L. Thomas who is an orthopaedic surgeon being the first woman ever of the Yale University Orthopaedic Program she graduated. The link is from the US Library of Medicine and the page is entitled New Frontiers in Academic Surgery.
Please make use of it and pass it along to all children as a reference of accomplishments they to can make. Reading this type of history helps others take directions for their own lives.
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