AnnMaria, whose father was Joseph Arthur Waddell, chimed in when Rousey declined to answer.
'"Before His Time". It's about my grandfather, Ronda's great grandfather.
'They show it during Black History Month every year in Canada because he was one of the first black physicians in North America,' AnnMaria said.
The physician she's talking about is Dr Alfred E. Waddell, who immigrated from Trinidad to Halifax, Canada.
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Why would DailyFail just take the word of a known loon.
James Derham (1762-1802) - first recognized black physician in the US.
Had his own practice in the 1780s.Was born into slavery in Philadelphia.
Dr James McCune Smith was the first African American to earn a medical degree. He graduated from the University of Glasgow in
1837.
Dr David Jones Peck was the first to graduate from an American med school in
1847.
Dr Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first black woman to earn a medical degree,
1863.
Dr William Augustus Hinton was the first black prof at Harvard in
1918. He graduated from Harvard Med in
1912.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931) Dr. Williams
performed the first successful open heart surgery in 1893 and
founded Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses (the first black-owned hospital in America)
in 1891. From 1893-1898, he was Surgeon-in-Chief, Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, DC. He also
helped form the National Medical Association in 1895 and was a
charter member of the American College of Surgeons (first and only Negro member for many years) in
1913.