Yancey, Asa G., 1916-

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Dr. Asa G. Yancey, Sr. (1916- ), Morehouse (1937), M.D. University of Michigan (1941), studied under Charles Drew, First Lieut. U.S. Army Medical Corps, Chief of Surgery, Tuskegee Veterans Adminsitration Hospital (1948-1958), first African American physician at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital and later its medical director, former professor of surgery at Emory University; active in many health-related community organizations.

From the description of Dr. Asa G. Yancey, Sr., M.D. papers, 1938-2001 (bulk ca. 1952-2001). (Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 57678821

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African Americans
African Americans in medicine
African American surgeons
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Birth 1916

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