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The Museum of the Albemarle will open its newest exhibit, Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons, on June 3, 2024. “The National Library of Medicine produced Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons. The exhibit was guest curated by Jill L. Newmark (NLM Exhibition Program) and Margaret A. Hutto (Reginald F. Lewis Museum). This special collaboration with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, featured a companion exhibition at the museum. The traveling banner exhibition and companion website (Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons (nih.gov)) tell the stories of pioneering African American surgeons and educators who exemplify excellence in their fields and work to educate and mentor younger physicians and surgeons. Opening Doors recognizes the long tradition African Americans healers and physicians and celebrates the contributions of African American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education.”
The National Library of Medicine produced this exhibition and companion website.
This exhibit, which will close on July 13, 2024, is free and open to the public.
Graphics:
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital operating room, 1900
“Founded in 1895 by Dr. Nathan F. Mossell, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School was a Black owned and operated institution, serving the Black community of Philadelphia and providing professional opportunities to Black physicians and nurses.”
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
Sharon M. Henry, M.D.
“Dr. Sharon M. Henry conducts research in the management of complex wounds and critical illness. She is the first African American woman elected as a member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.”
Courtesy Sharon M. Henry, M.D. and Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
Freedmen’s Hospital operating amphitheater, Howard University, 1903
“In the Freedmen's Hospital amphitheater African American surgeons operated on patients while residents and other staff observed. The hospital was established in 1863 to provide medical care to former slaves, and older and disabled African Americans.”
Courtesy Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Museum of the Albemarle, 501 S Water St,Elizabeth City,NC,United States