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Johns Hopkins Accepts First Black Female Neurosurgery Resident

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As of March 17, which this year was “Match Day” in the medical community, Abu-Bonsrah is set to become the first black woman to be trained as a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins medical school.

Born in Ghana, Abu-Bonsrah immigrated to the United States when she was 15, and has been living in Maryland for the last 11 years. On the Johns Hopkins Hospital “Match Day” announcement website, Abu-Bonsrah said that she will be the first physician in her immediate and extended family.

I am very much interested in providing medical care in underserved settings, specifically surgical care,” Bonsrah wrote.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...osurgery-resident_us_58d147fee4b0be71dcf838a0

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What took so ****ing long?
 
As of March 17, which this year was “Match Day” in the medical community, Abu-Bonsrah is set to become the first black woman to be trained as a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins medical school.

Born in Ghana, Abu-Bonsrah immigrated to the United States when she was 15, and has been living in Maryland for the last 11 years. On the Johns Hopkins Hospital “Match Day” announcement website, Abu-Bonsrah said that she will be the first physician in her immediate and extended family.

I am very much interested in providing medical care in underserved settings, specifically surgical care,” Bonsrah wrote.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...osurgery-resident_us_58d147fee4b0be71dcf838a0

:applaud:applaud

Unbelievable that it's something to brag about. Johns Hopkins ought to be somewhat ashamed.

Glad you posted it though.
 
I wonder what took so long?
 
What took so long is that it is very rare for black women to pursue a career in neurosurgery. For perspective - there are only 9 black women in the United States who perform neurosurgery. This on top of the fact that John's Hopkins is best in class and only accepts 2-5 residents in the program per year. This is a great honor and she should be very proud.
 
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After looking at the numbers in the posts directly above, I think I can see why it took so long.
 
What took so ****ing long?

well it isn't just like anyone can be a neurologist.

it takes a special aptitude and frankly i want the best of the best only to be neuro-surgeons.
 
Unbelievable that it's something to brag about. Johns Hopkins ought to be somewhat ashamed.

Glad you posted it though.

I don't see why they would be ashamed. They should only be ashamed if they accepted her because she is black.
If she made the grades and has the skill and knowledge then perfectly fine they have nothing to be ashamed about.

it is not a field for everyone.
 
I don't see why they would be ashamed. They should only be ashamed if they accepted her because she is black.
If she made the grades and has the skill and knowledge then perfectly fine they have nothing to be ashamed about.

it is not a field for everyone.

How many women docs do you know? Johns Hopkins just now graduated a woman. That sounds awful to me...
 
How many women docs do you know? Johns Hopkins just now graduated a woman. That sounds awful to me...

first black female neurosurgeon

I expect they have had black female doctors before, just not in that particular field
 
well it isn't just like anyone can be a neurologist.

it takes a special aptitude and frankly i want the best of the best only to be neuro-surgeons.

You telling me that up till now there wasn't a single black woman smart enough to pass?
 
well it isn't just like anyone can be a neurologist.

it takes a special aptitude and frankly i want the best of the best only to be neuro-surgeons.

lol here we go...so women in the military isn't your only jam? hehe...well, at least you're consistent. ;)
 
How many women docs do you know? Johns Hopkins just now graduated a woman. That sounds awful to me...

How many Doc's do i know in Neurosurgery? not many. less when it comes to women.
 
You telling me that up till now there wasn't a single black woman smart enough to pass?

How many black women applied? There are certain fields were color of skin doesn't matter nor does it matter if you are male or female.
if we want the top 1% and you don't fall there too bad.

I don't want the person that was last to be working on my brain. I want the person who is the best working on my brain.

as i said if she got there on merit and because she did it they have nothing to be ashamed about.
if they gave it too her just to say looky at what we did? then yes they do.

if she was better than everyone else then great. If she beat out someone else that was better then not so great.
 
lol here we go...so women in the military isn't your only jam? hehe...well, at least you're consistent. ;)

not actually dealing with fact is your only jam you have. at least your consistent.

Sorry i don't want the person that was ranked 20th on the list working on my brain while the guy that
was ranked 5th didn't get it because she was a women.

we should not start quota in certain fields.
brain surgery is one of them.

If she really was one of the best there great fine.
If she wasn't and she still got it then not fine.
 
not actually dealing with fact is your only jam you have. at least your consistent.

Sorry i don't want the person that was ranked 20th on the list working on my brain while the guy that
was ranked 5th didn't get it because she was a women.

we should not start quota in certain fields.
brain surgery is one of them.

If she really was one of the best there great fine.
If she wasn't and she still got it then not fine.

Thank goodness we have you on the forum, Ludin, to always point out that one must be qualified to do their job...something that must only be pointed out when women fill jobs that are traditionally held by men, because the chances of them being on par with men are so remote that we need to be reminded that their vaginas alone do not qualify them to be neurosurgeons. :roll: :lol:
 
How many Doc's do i know in Neurosurgery? not many. less when it comes to women.

Ya' know, what I completely missed was the fact that they were Announcing the first black female in the field. My apologies to Johns Hopkins.

Dictated to Siri. So excited!
 
I don't see why they would be ashamed. They should only be ashamed if they accepted her because she is black.
If she made the grades and has the skill and knowledge then perfectly fine they have nothing to be ashamed about.

it is not a field for everyone.

No. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED DAMMIT!!!!! :2mad:




:rolleyes:
 
No. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED DAMMIT!!!!! :2mad:




:rolleyes:

Ok so here are some items.

only 1 in 20 neurosurgeons are women. only 12% of neurosurgery residence are women.
so we are dealing with very small numbers here just from the get go.

next you would have to look at how many of those residences are black women. i figure that is even smaller to non-existent.
 
Ok so here are some items.

only 1 in 20 neurosurgeons are women. only 12% of neurosurgery residence are women.
so we are dealing with very small numbers here just from the get go.

next you would have to look at how many of those residences are black women. i figure that is even smaller to non-existent.

I was being fece-ish, er, facetious.
 
You telling me that up till now there wasn't a single black woman smart enough to pass?
You are making the claim. Can you tell us how many black women neurosurgical candidates Johns Hopkins has refused? What their qualification were?
 
You are making the claim. Can you tell us how many black women neurosurgical candidates Johns Hopkins has refused? What their qualification were?

You need to learn to read between the lines.
 
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