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Cherisse Berry, MD FACS
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Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Professor of Surgery, Rutgers NJMS, Director of Research Eric Munoz Trauma Center, Surgeon, Intensivist, Mom, Wife, Researcher, #InclusiveExcellence, #HealthEquity, TraumaSurgery, #SurgSky, #MedSky, AKA💗💚, Posts are my own
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4/ Alexa Irene Canady, MD

- first Black female neurosurgeon in US
- research led to invention of programmable antisiphon shunt to treat hydrocephalus
- inducted into #Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1989

#BlackHistoryMonth  #BHM
February 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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3/ LD Britt MD

- first Black awarded endowed chair in surgery major American medical school
- former President @facs.org
- AAMC Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award, highest teaching award in medicine
- @nbmedical.bsky.social Distinguished Service Award
#BlackHistoryMonth  #BHM
February 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM