Born in 1957 in Tuskegee, Alabama, Dr. Keith Lanier Black is an
internationally recognized neurosurgeon who is well known and respected
for successfully operating on brain tumors that many other neurosurgeons
deem inoperable. Dr. Black performs more than 200 brain tumor
operations annually.
Dr. Black's father was principal of a segregated elementary school in
Auburn, Alabama, who encouraged his son's interest in science. Dr. Black
credits his father with giving him and his siblings an attitude that
they can accomplish anything.
By the time Dr. Black reached high-school age, he was performing organ
transplants and heart-valve replacements on dogs. At age 17, Dr. Black
earned the Westinghouse Science Award for publishing his first
scientific paper, a paper on the damage done to red blood cells in patients with heart-valve replacements.
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Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
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