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Thomas M. Morgan, "The education and medical practice of Dr. James McCune Smith (1813-1865), first black American to hold a medical degree", Journal of the National Medical Association. 2003 Jul; 95(7):603-14, full text. Kevin O'Reilly, "New recognition for first black U.S. doctor with medical degree", American Medical News, November 8, 2010.
Sophia B. Jones was a Canadian-born American medical doctor, who founded the nursing program at Spelman College. She was the first black woman to graduate from the University of Michigan Medical School and the first black faculty member at Spelman. [24] M. Mary Mahoney was the first African-American to graduate from nursing training, graduating ...
With some financial assistance from Dove, Derham opened a medical practice in New Orleans. [5] By 1789, his practice is reported to have made about $3,000 (~$76,723 in 2023) annually. [ 6 ] In 1788, Derham and Dr. Benjamin Rush met each other in Philadelphia, and corresponded with one another for twelve years.
His influence in South Florida’s medical community runs so deep that in 2007 the Dade County Chapter of the National Medical Association - once a professional group representing black physicians ...
In 1945, Robinson became the first Black graduate of the University of Rochester Medical School, a school that had existed since 1925. Rochester's racist history
The Black-based medical group later disbanded, but it reformed in 1991 and again in 2001. It has about 250 members. Thomas Leroy Jefferson was buried in West Palm Beach’s segregated Evergreen ...
Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 [a] – August 4, 1931) was an American surgeon and hospital founder. A Black American, he founded Provident Hospital in 1891, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States.
Florida’s first Black, board-certified general surgeon and a former president of the Miami branch of the NAACP, Simpson was a pioneer whose work helped shape South Florida into what it is today.