College of Medicine Hosts African American Surgeons Exhibit
Vermont College Of Medicine Hosts Black Surgeons Exhibit
The University Of Vermont College Of Medicine is hosting an exhibition which celebrates the contributions of African-American academic surgeons and educators.
A University of Vermont press release reports:
The exhibition highlights Alexa I. Canady, M.D., the first African American woman pediatric neurosurgeon; LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., cancer surgeon, and the first African American President of the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society; Claude H. Organ, Jr., M.D., general surgeon, and the first African American to chair a department of surgery at a predominantly white medical school; and Rosalyn P. Scott, M.D., the first African American woman cardiothoracic surgeon.
The exhibit, called Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons, has toured the country since 2007 and will be at the University of Vermont from April 11 to June 5.
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