Hidden Figures: Dr. Alexa Irene Canady #BlackHERstoryMonth 5/28 (Patreon)

Alexa Canady was the first female African-American neurosurgeon in the United States (some say she was the first woman neurosurgeon, period). Born in Lansing in 1950, Canady attended Michigan University for college and medical school. She was interested in neurosurgery despite being discouraged from pursuing it by advisers and having trouble finding internships, and in 1976 she became the first woman African-American neurosurgery resident in America. When she finished her residency in 1981, she became the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the United States. 

Canady went on to become director of neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital and received numerous teaching and medical awards, including the American Medical Women's Association President's Award in 1993 and being inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.

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Links: 

Alexa Canady, First Female and First Black Resident in Neurosurgery:

http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/alexa-canady-first-female-and-first-black-resident-neurosurgery

Alexa Canady Biography:

 http://www.biography.com/people/alexa-canady-21333715#synopsis

Dr. Alexa Irene Canady:

https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_53.html

Medical Makers - Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis:

http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/dr-alexa-canady-davis-41

Alexa Canady Quotes:

http://quotationsbywomen.com/authorq/49204/

Alexa Canady (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Canady

Tuskegee syphilis experiment (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

'The disturbing reason some African American patients may be undertreated for pain:'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/04/04/do-blacks-feel-less-pain-than-whites-their-doctors-may-think-so/?utm_term=.54d76c0b39f9

'U.Va. report: Med students believe black people feel less pain than whites:'

http://college.usatoday.com/2016/04/05/uva-report-med-students-black-people-feel-less-pain/

'White Doctors In Training Believe Some Disturbing Stuff About Black Patients:'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doctors-black-patients-feel-less-pain_us_57055d56e4b0a506064dfcdb

'UVA Study Links Disparities In Pain Management To Racial Bias:'

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/05/473139312/uva-study-links-disparities-in-pain-management-to-racial-bias

'Study: Whites Think Black People Feel Less Pain:'

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=201128359

'The disturbing reason why doctors may undertreat their black patients:'

http://fusion.net/story/289229/study-doctors-undertreat-black-patients-pain/

'Study Shows Med Students Still Believe These Myths About Black Patients' Pain:'

http://www.refinery29.com/2016/04/107644/pain-myths-black-patients-uva-study

'Does a white doctor understand a black patient's pain?'

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-race-pain-perception-treatment-20160403-story.html

'Scholars Argue Over Legacy of Surgeon Who Was Lionized, Then Vilified:'

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/28/health/scholars-argue-over-legacy-of-surgeon-who-was-lionized-then-vilified.html

'Dr. Joy DeGruy Discussing Origin of Gynecology through Slavery:'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Zsh8NMweY