Featured African American Doctor
Dr. Ben Carson
Retired neurosurgeon credited with being the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head. Carson was a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics, and he was the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Featured African American Biologist
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Jewel Plummer Cobb is a distinguished biologist, cancer researcher, and academic administrator. She served as president of California State University, Fullerton from 1981 to 1990.