From a Slave to a Surgeon: David Kearney McDonogh, the First Black Otolaryngologist

paythelady.61 shared this article with you from Inoreader From a Slave to a Surgeon: David Kearney McDonogh, the First Black Otolaryngologist Via SAGE-Journals: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: Table of Contents Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Ahead of Print. David McDonogh, born into chattel slavery in Louisiana in the early 1800s, accomplished the unfathomable by becoming the first Black otolaryngologist in the United States of America. With tireless determination and profound intellect, Dr McDonogh surmounted immeasurable adversity along his improbable journey to freedom and success as an eye, ear, nose, and throat doctor in New York. His doctorate in medicine was posthumously awarded to his great-great-granddaughter in 2018 by the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. In this History of Otolaryngology piece, we share his extraordinary story. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.