Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons

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Three surgeons standing in an operating room performing surgery with several nurses and attendants observing.

An operating room at Freedmen's Hospital, ca. 1903

Portrait of a man with a mustache.

Daniel Hale Williams, M.D.

Three-quarter length, standing, left pose; holding papers.

Charles R. Drew, M.D.

Man standing with one hand in his pants pocket wearing a pocket watch.

Nathan F. Mossell, M.D.

Exterior of two-story brick building.

Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital, 1895

Three surgeons and two nurses wearing medical uniforms performing surgery on a patient in an operating room.

Operating room at Frederick Douglass Hospital, c. 1900

Physician seated in a chair tending to the leg of a seated patient with a nurse standing in the background.

Outpatient surgical clinic at Frederick Douglass Hospital, c. 1900

Claude H. Organ, Jr.

A man’s portrait wearing a black suit coat with a dress shirt and tie.

Claude H. Organ, Jr., M.D.

Man in green surgical scrubs and head covering standing in an operating room.

Claude H. Organ, Jr., M.D.

Group of men and one woman seated in rows of an auditorium.

First Annual Meeting of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, 1989

Black and grey illustration of man in a suit encircled with an outer rim noting “The Society of Black Academic Surgeons Founded 1989”

Society of Black Academic Surgeons logo, 1989

Two books stacked askew with red and black title text

A Century of Black Surgeons: The U.S.A. Experience, 1987

Image of a woman and man dressed in formal attire.

Dr. Claude H. Organ and his wife, Elizabeth, undated

Rosalyn P. Scott

A woman’s portrait wearing a white shirt and jacket.

Rosalyn P. Scott, M.D., M.S.H.A.

Three in surgical scrubs and masks in surgery: two next to the patient and one looking over a surgeon into the operation.

Rosalyn P. Scott, M.D., M.S.H.A., in surgery

A woman in white medical coat standing at a lectern.

Dr. Scott at grand rounds, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, c. 1983

A cover titled “Women in Thoracic Surgery Symposium” with illustrations and image of a Greek female bust

Women in Thoracic Surgery Symposium, 2000

Army Reserve featuring Dr. Scott with two photos—one of Dr. Scott in scrubs putting on white gloves and the other of her with two people around a computer desk.

A U.S. Army Reserve feature on Rosalyn P. Scott, M.D., M.S.H.A.

LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.

A man’s portrait wearing glasses and a suit and tie.

LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.

Five men in surgical scrubs standing in conversation.

LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D.

Magazine cover showing two surgeons in surgical scrubs.

Black Enterprise magazine, 2001

A man leans against a lectern speaking to people seated in a classroom.

LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.

Book cover with two photos of a doctor— current portrait in color and a black and white portrait from the past.

No Boundaries: A Cancer Surgeon’s Odyssey, LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., 2005

Alexa I. Canady

A woman’s portrait wearing glasses and a red jacket with a white shirt.

Alexa I. Canady, M.D.

Surgeon in scrubs, mask, gloves and cap seated at an operating table.

Alexa I. Canady, M.D.

Two people sit while one in scrubs holds up a child.

Dr. Alexa I. Canady at Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Illustration of a medical device

A programmable antisiphon shunt to treat hydrocephalus

Colored crayon drawing of a doctor helping her child patient in a hospital room

Drawing of Dr. Canady created as part of a 2nd grade project at Lincoln Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa, 2005

New Frontiers

Dr. Kenneth Davis, Jr.

A man in a suit with his arms crossed

Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D.

Man seated at a desk with a model of the heart on the desk.

Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D.

A woman smiling in white medical coat.

Karyn L. Butler, M.D.

Five members of a surgical team in an operating room with surgical instruments in the foreground.

Karyn L. Butler, M.D.

A woman smiling in pink medical scrubs.

Sharon M. Henry, M.D.

Two people working in a surgeon room.

Sharon M. Henry, M.D.

Two people working in a surgeon room.

Sharon M. Henry, M.D.

A woman smiling and looking to her right in black top.

Carla M. Pugh, M.D.

Surgeon operating on a patient.

Carla M. Pugh, M.D.

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