Alexa Irene Canady: First Black female neurosurgeon in U.S.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 16, 2022
By NNPA Newswire
(NNPA Newswire) – It was during a health careers summer program at the University of Michigan that Alexa Irene Canady (b. 1950) decided to pursue medicine, a decision that would lead the trailblazer to become the first female African-American neurosurgeon in the United States.
At the time of her life-changing decision, Canady was a junior pursuing an undergraduate degree in zoology. During the summer, she worked in a genetics lab and attended a genetic counseling clinic, and she became convinced that continuing her studies at the university’s medical school was . . .
