Nancy Abu-Bonsrah
Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is the first black female to be accepted to train as a brain surgeon at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,[1] the school "where the medical discipline of neurological surgery was founded."[2] She was accepted to train there in 2017.
Abu-Bonsrah was born in Ghana and moved to Maryland when she was 15. She studied chemistry and biochemistry at Mount Saint Mary's University in Maryland. Then she went to Johns Hopkins University to study medicine. She is the first doctor in her extended family.[3][4]
Her desire to study neurosurgery was the result of shadowing a neurosurgeon when she visited Ghana when she was a junior in college.
"Usually when I think about brain surgery, I think the brain is sacred and you don't touch it or do anything to it, but to see them do these remarkable surgeries, and have good outcomes was something that impressed me." She also noticed how "overwhelmed" the surgeons appeared to be, saying: "There were countless patients that they had to see and there are so few of them. I thought it would be nice to combine my interest in this field with an opportunity to provide service back to my country and other countries that don't have as much surgical infrastructure."[2]
She is married to her husband, Kwabena Yamoah, who received his M.D. from University of Maryland School of Medicine. Abu-Bonsrah identifies as Seventh-Day Adventist.
References[edit]
- ^ "Johns Hopkins just accepted its first black female neurosurgeon resident". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
- ^ a b "World's most prestigious medical college accepts first black female neurosurgeon". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
- ^ Larkin, Alexandra. "Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is Johns Hopkins' 1st black female neurosurgeon resident". CNN. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
- ^ "Nancy Abu-Bonsrah Makes History At Johns Hopkins - Essence". Essence. Retrieved 2018-10-24.