The Making of Health Professionals: Rise of Surgeons (Specialists)
Session 1: The Howard Story
This session will explore the history of Howard University’s first surgical residency program.
Required Readings:
Leffall, LaSalle D., Jr., and Burke Syphax. “The Howard University Department of Surgery and Freedmen’s Hospital.” The U.S.A Experience. Ed. Claude H. Organ, Jr. and Margaret M. Kosiba. Norman: Transcript, 1987. 1-62. Print. Vol. 1 of A Century of Black Surgeons. 2 vols.
“The Legacy of the Howard University Surgery Residency Program.” Howard University Hospital. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. <http://www.howard.edu/surgery/index.html>.
Questions
- What are major events in the history of the establishment of Howard’s Department of Surgery?
- What was significant about Austin M. Curtis?
- How did Howard start it’s first residency program?
- Who are some of the pioneer specialist surgeons who trained or worked under Howard’s Department of Surgery?
Session 2: William Harry Barnes
This session will explore the life and legacy of William Harry Barnes, the first African American certified as a specialist.
Required Readings:
Cobb, William Montague, and Charles H. Epps, Jr. “Certification Pioneers.” The U.S.A Experience. Ed. Claude H. Organ, Jr. and Margaret M. Kosiba. Norman: Transcript, 1987. 483-528. Print. Vol. 2 of A Century of Black Surgeons. 2 vols.
“William Harry Barnes, MD.” American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery. American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, 2014. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. <http://www.entnet.org/museum/exhibits/early-african-americans-in-otolaryngology/William-Harry-Barnes-MD.cfm>.
Questions
- What motivated Dr. Barnes to become a physician? What values did he hold in high regard?
- What was Dr. Barnes path towards being certified?
- What was the significance of the Society for the Promotion of Negro Specialist in Medicine?
- What type of organizations was he involved in?
Session 3: Clarence S. Greene
This session will explore the life and legacy of Clarence S. Greene, the first African American physician certified as a neurological surgeon.
Required Readings:
McClelland, Shearwood, III. “The Montreal Neurological Institute: Training of the First African-American Neurosurgeons.” Journal of the National Medical Association 99.9 (2007): 1071-73. Rpt. in History. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
Questions
- What motivated Dr. Greene to become a physician? What values did he hold in high regard?
- What was Dr. Greene path towards being certified?
- What was his training like?
- What was his role in the establishment of Howard’s Division of Neurosurgery?
- What type of organizations was he involved in?
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