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Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler Monday
The headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864), the first Black woman to graduate from a medical college in the United States, and her husband, Arthur Crumpler, a former slave, are at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park, Mass. Dr. Crumpler attended New England Female Medical College, which became the BU School of Medicine. Photo by Cydney Scott University News Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864) Monday
First Black woman to graduate from a US medical school will be recognized with weeklong MED Symposia
February 7, 2021
Never too late to honor a pioneer Niran Al-Agba, MD, Columnist
Last year, on a cold February morning, I sat in my kitchen reading a troubling story. One of my professional heroes, the first Black female physician in the United States, a woman who overcame remarkable odds in a field dominated by men during the 19th Century, laid in an unmarked grave. Her fight against sexism, racism, and intolerance over a century ago paved the way for the women physicians of today to follow in her footsteps. Astonishingly, Dr. Rebecca Crumpler’s final resting place did not reflect the fact she changed the course of history.
National Women Physician Day 2021: 6 Inspiring Female Trailblazers In Medicine
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Today, more and more women are entering the health sector
On National Women Physicians Day, have a look at six women who made their mark in medicine
Feb. 3 marks National Women Physicians Day, a day to celebrate and honor the many women doctors in the country. It falls on the birthday of the first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. Elizabeth Blackwell.
This year marks Blackwell s 200th
birth anniversary and it is just the fourth National Women Physicians Day. As the first woman to earn a medical degree from an American school, Blackwell did face a lot of rejection in her time. According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison (
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WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Dan Fishbein, M.D., president of Sun Life U.S., has been appointed to the Boston University School of Medicine s (BUSM) Dean s Advisory Board. As an advisory board member, Fishbein will provide insight on school matters such as curriculum, professionalism in medicine, industry partnerships and research to BUSM Dean Karen Antman, M.D., in support of the School. He will also serve as an ambassador for the school, offering experiential expertise and guidance.
Dan Fishbein, M.D., president, Sun Life U.S. I am humbled and honored to join Dr. Antman s advisory board at my alma mater, said Fishbein. Although I chose a business path in the employee benefits industry, I draw on my medical education from BUSM every day to help ensure our products and services both complement and support the health and wellbeing of every covered member. I look forward to working with the board to help the school contin