Duke Med trailblazers speak, open new exhibit

posted February 6th, 2009

As part of Black History Month, the DUMC Library and Archives have invited Danny O. Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., chair of the Department of Surgery; and Haywood Brown, M.D., chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, to share their stories of trailblazing at Duke.

The annual event, entitled “Tea with Trailblazers,” will be held at 2:30 p.m., Feb. 9 in the DUMC Library’s first floor stacks area.

Both are African American leaders and pioneers at Duke Medicine. After Jacobs and Brown speak, the audience will have a chance to ask questions.

At 4:30, the library and archives, along with the tea panelists, will hold a special reception to unveil “Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons,” a traveling exhibit created by the National Library of Medicine and The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.

This exhibit highlights four contemporary African American academic surgeons and educators. The exhibit  will be on display in the library from February until the end of April. Other special exhibits also will be displayed in and around the library to honor Black History Month, including four wax figures of medical pioneers from the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum; a Black History Month exhibit in Duke Hospital North throughout the month of February; and an exhibit on the Society of Black Academic Surgeons in the lower level of the library throughout February.

All events and exhibits are free and open to the public.

For more information contact, Jessica Roseberry, 383-2653, or jessica.roseberry@duke.edu