Subject: REMINDER: Technology, Context, Synthesis Dr. Rosalyn P. Scott (NYU
SoM Alum and first African American Woman to train in Thoracic Surgery)
Friday, March 12 6pm Smilow Multi-Purpose Room

A National Library of Medicine Exhibit Celebrating Contemporary African
American Surgeons Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic
Surgeons On Tour at New York University Langone Medical Center

Technology, Context, Synthesis
A Lecture by
Rosalyn P. Scott, MD (NYU SoM Alum and first African American Woman to train
in Thoracic Surgery) Friday, March 12 , 6pm Smilow Multi-Purpose Room NYU
Langone Medical Center 550 1st Avenue (between 30th and 33rd Streets), NYC
[cid:3351162151_1142158] Please join us in welcoming back to NYU our
distinguished alumna, Dr. Rosalyn Scott, the first African American Woman to
train as a Thoracic Surgeon.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aframsurgeons/scott.html

Rosalyn P. Scott, M.D., M.S.H.A.  is a leading cardiothoracic surgeon and
educator.


Dr. Scott is dedicated to finding ways to encourage and inspire young
African American physicians and surgeons, especially women. She encourages
them to aspire to levels they never thought possible in spite of gender and
racial obstacles they face.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Rosalyn had many medical influences growing up
including her father who was a dentist, and an uncle who was a thoracic
surgeon. At a young age, Rosalyn recognized the contributions that her
father and uncle made helping people, and she dreamed of a time when she
could do the same. During her school years she enjoyed science and had
aspirations to become a doctor. She was often met with racism and sexism,
but this did not diminish her determination to become a physician.

Rosalyn received her undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in New York and went on study medicine at New York University
School of Medicine.

She became the first African American woman to train in thoracic surgery
when she was accepted as a resident at Boston University Medical Center in
1977, and completed her general and thoracic surgery residencies in New York
at St. Clare's Hospital and Health Center, and New York Medical College.

After completing her residencies, Dr. Scott spent several years in Houston.
She was the first Mary A. Fraley Fellow in cardiovascular surgical research
at the Texas Heart Institute and remained in Houston as an assistant
professor of surgery at the University of Texas Medical School.

In 1983, she was appointed assistant professor of surgery at UCLA and the
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles where she
served as associate professor and vice chair of the department of surgery
and chief of the division of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. She has
served as associate director of the general surgery residency program,
vice-chair for research and academic affairs in the department of surgery,
and director of the Drew Surgical Research Group.

In 1994, Dr. Scott received a Master of Science in Health Administration
degree from the University of Colorado College of Business. She has served
as president of Women in Thoracic Surgery and is a founding member of the
Society of Black Academic Surgeons.

Dr. Scott strives to influence policy and practice to ensure that they
reflect the needs and issues of both majority and minority populations in
medical education and health care through her participation in professional
organizations and her administrative role at the university level.

Dr. Scott is currently professor of surgery at Wright State University
Boonshoft School of Medicine, and Chief of Surgical Services at the Dayton
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.

Through her pursuits in research, teaching, administration, and clinical
practice, she has built a well-rounded academic career dedicated to
excellence and committed to passing her knowledge and passion on to younger
physicians and surgeons.

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