Thursday, January 4, 2018

Trailblazers in Black History: Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr.


Levi Watkins Jr., a pioneer in both cardiac surgery and civil rights, was best known for implanting the first automatic heart defibrillator in a patient, recruiting minority students to the school of medicine and founding the annual Johns Hopkins Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration. This video was shared during a memorial tribute on Sept. 24, 2015.

Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine 

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