In 1984, Alexa Canady became the first African-American woman certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
By: Judy Sarasohn, HHS (Public Affairs)
As a writer within HHS, it is my job to interview and profile amazing people doing great work to improve the health and well-being of all Americans. In honor of Black History Month, I was excited to find that my latest subject was also a familiar face: Alexa Canady, a college friend and college-newspaper colleague of mine. As she later told me, when we re-connected, it never occurred to her that she would be making history.
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