The Montreal Neurological Institute: Training of the First African-American Neurosurgeons

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Author/collaborator
Title
The Montreal Neurological Institute: Training of the First African-American Neurosurgeons
Abstract
Since its inception in 1934 by the legendary Dr. Wilder Penfield, the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) has provided world-renowned instruction in neurosurgery and related neurosciences, training many of the most prominent figures in the history of neurosurgery. The author notes that less well known is the role of the MNI in training the first African-American board-certified neurosurgeons. From 1947-1965, the MNI trained the first African-American board-certified neurosurgeon, and three of the first four. The first, Dr. Clarence Greene, Sr., trained at MNI from 1947-1949. The next, Dr. Jesse Barber, Jr., trained at MNI from 1958-1961. The third, Dr. Lloyd Dayes, matriculated at MNI in 1960 after receiving his MD from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine and trained from 1961-1965 at the MNI under Dr. Theodore Rasmussen. Greene, Barber and Dayes were certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 1953, 1963 and 1967, respectively, as the first, third and fourth African-American neurosurgeons in the United States.
Publication
Journal of the National Medical Association
Volume
Vol. 99
Issue
no. 9
Pages
1071-1073
Date
September 2007
Language
en
Citation
McClelland 3rd, Shearwood. “The Montreal Neurological Institute: Training of the First African-American Neurosurgeons.” Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 99, no. 9 (September 2007): 1071–1073.
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