Medicine
Dr. Alexa Irene Canady
1950 · Birth year
1981
First Black woman neurosurgeon in the United States
What Alexa contributed
Completed neurosurgical residency in 1981, becoming the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the United States.
The story
Canady specialized in pediatric neurosurgery and later served as chief of neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Why it matters
Her career opened a path in a specialty where Black women had been excluded and advanced pediatric neurosurgical care.
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