Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons

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A woman’s portrait wearing glasses and a red jacket with a white shirt.

Surgeon in scrubs, mask, gloves and cap seated at an operating table.

Two people sit while one in scrubs holds up a child.

Illustration of a medical device

Colored crayon drawing of a doctor helping her child patient in a hospital room

A woman’s portrait wearing glasses and a red jacket with a white shirt.

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Alexa I. Canady, M.D.

“If you want to be something, you have to perceive that something is possible.”

Alexa I. Canady, M.D., is a leading pediatric neurosurgeon and educator.

Courtesy Alexa I. Canady, M.D.

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