Dr. Alexa Canady became the first African American woman in the U.S. to become a neurosurgeon

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In 1981, Dr. Alexa Canady became the first African American woman in the U.S. to become a neurosurgeon, at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Canady was chief of neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan from 1987 until her retirement in June 2001.

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Source: Changing the Face of Medicine
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