Roscoe Conkling Giles
Dr Roscoe Conkling Giles (1890–1970) was the first African American to earn a degree from Cornell Medical School.[1] He worked as a surgeon at Provident Hospital, and served as the hospital's Chairman of the Division of General Surgery. He was elected President of the National Medical Association in 1935.[2]
Notes
- ^ Oshinsky 2016, p. 195.
- ^ "Roscoe Conkling Giles". Journal of the National Medical Association. 28: 31. 1936. PMC 2623647. PMID 20892718.
Sources
- Oshinsky, Giles (2016). Bellevue: three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital. Doubleday.
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Further reading
- Cobb, WM (1970). "Roscoe Conkling Giles, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S., 1890–1970". Journal of the National Medical Association. 62: 254–256. PMC 2611824.
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