The Top 21: Our List of Outstanding Black Doctors

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Once upon a time Dr. Alexa Canady didn’t think she was cut out for college.  She contemplated dropping out as an undergraduate. But she found the courage to not only complete her degree, but continue on to medical school, eventually graduating cum laude from University of Michigan’s Medical School. She emerged as an exceptional physician and became the first African American woman in the US to become a neurosurgeon specializing in hydrocephalus, congenital spine abnormalities, skull abnormalities and brain and spinal tumors.

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