The Top 21: Our List of Outstanding Black Doctors
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MadameNoire
Dr. Claudia L. Thomas broke new ground at Yale University. She was the first woman graduate of the Yale Orthopaedic Program. While serving as an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Johns Hopkins she helped recruit the largest number of minorities ever to train in orthopaedics at the school. Dr. Thomas is currently a partner in the Tri-County Orthopaedic Center in Leesburg, FL. Dr. Thomas received her medical degree at Johns Hopkins and completed a trauma fellowship at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services at the University of Maryland. She recently added author to her resume, penning an autobiography, God Spare Life, about her struggle to break boundaries.
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