Black History Month – Museum of Health Care Blog

March 1, 2022

Inventor of the Laserphaco Probe for cataract surgery. … More Black History Month: Dr. Patricia Bath

February 24, 2022

First Black director of public health in Ontario and founder of the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario. … More Black History Month: Lillie Johnson

February 22, 2022

First Black nurse to practise in public health. … More Black History Month: Bernice Redmon

February 17, 2022

February 15, 2022

First African-American to be an examiner for the American Board of Surgery. First director of the American Red Cross Blood Bank. … More Black History Month: Dr. Charles R. Drew

February 8, 2022

First African-American physician in the U.S. Army. First Black professor of medicine in the U.S. First Black hospital administrator in the U.S. … More Black History Month: Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta

February 1, 2022

First African-American to hold a medical degree. … More Black History Month: Dr. James McCune Smith