Myra Adele Logan

The pioneer in health care that I am highlighting today is...Myra Adele Logan.  Myra Adele Logan was born in 1908 in Tuskegee, Alabama and was the first woman to perform open heart surgery. She is also noted for being a selfless, humanitarian doctor who practiced medicine to serve the community. She is thought to be the first African American woman elected a fellow of the … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Pioneers in Healthcare