KUDOS 👏🩺 HBCU grad makes history as Vanderbilt’s first Black female neurosurgery resident
A Florida A&M University graduate is making history by becoming the first Black woman to train at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee as a neurosurgery resident.
According to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, more women are becoming doctors, but only about 5.7% of physicians in the U.S. identify as Black or African American. A 2019 report found that as of 2018, there were only 33 Black women in the entire country who practice neurological surgery.
We are thrilled to announce our new Vanderbilt Neurosurgery residents! Congratulations- we are so excited to have you on our team! pic.twitter.com/6tVLmtHGZiAfter graduating from FAMU, Potter received a full tuition scholarship to study at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine. “My first job was a certified nursing assistant at 17 years old in 2014. Today, on March 17, 2023, I was blessed to be selected as the first African American female neurosurgery resident to train at @VUMC_Neurosurg,” she wrote in theTweet.Today on March 17th, 2023 I was blessed to be selected as the first African American female neurosurgery resident to train at @VUMC_Neurosurg .#Match2023 #Neurosurgery #BlackGirlMagic pic.twitter.
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