E. Latunde Odeku: The first African-American neurosurgeon trained in the United States

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 769-772

  McClelland III, Shearwood ^a,c   Harris, Kimbra S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American neurosurgeon; American Board of Neurological Surgery; E. Latunde Odeku; Edgar Kahn; Howard University College of Medicine; University of Ibadan College of Medicine; University of Michigan

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL IMAGE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TRAINING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; NIGERIA; PHYSICIANS; PORTRAITS; QUEBEC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147203916     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255410.69022.E8     Document Type: Review

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