UT to host national exhibit celebrating African-American contributions to medicine
By Jeffrey Romagni : October 14th, 2009Long before African Americans fought for the right to pursue formal medical educations in the United States, many practiced variations of medicine as physicians, healers, midwives and “root doctors.” Early African-American pioneer physicians not only became skilled practitioners, they became trailblazers and educators paving the way for future physicians, surgeons and nurses — and opening doors to better health care for the African-American community.
Dan Murtagh, a second-year medical student, checked out “Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons” in Mulford Library.
“Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons,” a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, is on display through Monday, Nov. 16, on the fourth floor of Mulford Library on The University of Toledo’s Health Science Campus.
Developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture, the exhibit is a celebration of the overall contribution of African-American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education.
There will be an opening reception Friday, Oct. 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the gallery. Dr. Reginald Baugh, UT professor and chief of surgery in the Division of Otolaryngology in the College of Medicine, will discuss what the exhibit means to him as an African-American surgeon in academic medicine.
“Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons” can be seen Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to midnight, Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
For more information on the free, public opening reception and exhibit, contact Jodi Jameson, UT instructor and librarian in the College of Nursing, at 419.383.5152 or visit www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aframsurgeons.