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Ghanaian becomes first African-American woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins neurosurgery program
Born in Ghana, Dr. Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is now the first African-American woman to graduate from the seven-year neurosurgery program at Johns Hopkins in the United States. She made headlines in 2017 ...
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An HBCU alumna has become Vanderbilt’s first Black woman neurosurgery resident
After close to a century, Vanderbilt University’s neurosurgery residency program ... in the United States identify as Black or African American, according to the the latest data from the ...
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Lansing Born Neurosurgeon Turns Stereotype Into A Teachable Moment
Raised right here in Lansing, Dr. Alexa Canady became the first African American woman neurosurgeon in the US. But that didn’t stop her from being mistaken for hospital housekeeping staff.
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HBCU Grad Makes History As First Black Woman Neurosurgery Resident At Vanderbilt University
Dr. Tamia Potter, a FAMU graduate learned the historic news on National Match Day when thousands of graduate medical students learn where they will complete their residency training. Vanderbilt ...
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The First! FAMU Alumna Dr. Tamia Potter Matches with Vanderbilt As First Black Woman Neurosurgery Resident
2018 FAMU graduate Dr. Tamia Potter has made history after becoming the first African American neurosurgery resident to train at the Vanderbilt University College of Medicine, Department of ...
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Alexa Irene Canady: the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the U.S
“I was the first African-American woman [in the department]. Along with that, my other greatest obstacle was convincing myself that someone would give me a chance to work as a neurosurgeon.
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Social Media Fawns Over Dr. Tamia Potter — The 1st African American Neurosurgery Resident At Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Match Day is now a milestone memory for Dr. Tamia Potter — the first African American female neurosurgery resident accepted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Potter’s selection has gone ...
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Novant Health doctor is 1 of 33 Black women neurosurgeons across country
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — Dr. Michaux Kilpatrick is one of 33 African American female neurosurgeons in the country. For the last four years, Kilpatrick has worked as one of the few women ...
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Tamia Potter Is One of the Only Black Women Neurosurgeons in the U.S.
As an African American person applying to medical school ... And the goal in this case — to be a neurosurgeon — requires X, Y, and Z. It just means that every single time I complete a degree ...
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9 Black Women in STEM You Need To Know
In 1980, she became the first African American neurosurgeon and dedicated her career to pediatric patients in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Michigan. In 1987, she became chief of neurosurgery at Mi ...
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Many African-Americans see two sides to Ben Carson
African-American voters are one of the few growing ... figure before he entered politics because of his work as a neurosurgeon. Carson led a team that successfully separated conjoined twins ...
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Alexa Irene Canady: First Black female neurosurgeon in U.S.
1950) decided to pursue medicine, a decision that would lead the trailblazer to become the first female African-American neurosurgeon in the United States. At the time of her life-changing ...