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Ben Carson
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Ben Carson
Surgeon, Philanthropist, Journalist / 1951 -
Ben Carson overcame his troubled youth in inner-city Detroit to become a gifted neurosurgeon famous for his work separating conjoined twins.
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Edward Jenner
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Edward Jenner
Surgeon / 1749 - 1823
English surgeon Edward Jenner discovered the vaccine for smallpox, greatly reducing the impact of a disease that had killed millions.
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Charles Drew
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Charles Drew
Doctor, Surgeon / 1904 - 1950
Charles Drew was an African-American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the U.S.
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Daniel Hale Williams
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Daniel Hale Williams
Surgeon / 1856 - 1931
Daniel Hale Williams was a physician who performed the first known open-heart surgery in the United States and who founded a hospital with an interracial staff.
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Sam Sheppard
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Sam Sheppard
Doctor, Surgeon / 1923 - 1970
Sam Sheppard was an American physician best known as a homicide suspect in his wife’s murder.
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Antonia C Novello
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- Famous Virgoans
Antonia C Novello
Surgeon, Political Leader / 1944 -
Antonia C. Novello is a former U.S. surgeon general who was the first woman and first person of Latin descent to hold the position.
profile name: Ben Carson profile occupation: Surgeon, Philanthropist, Journalist
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profile name: Charles Drew profile occupation: Doctor, Surgeon
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