Asa G. Yancey Sr.

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Asa G. Yancey Sr. (August 19, 1916[1] – March 10, 2013) [2][3] was an American physician who is professor emeritus, Emory University School of Medicine and former medical director of the Hughes Spalding Pavilion at Grady Memorial Hospital.[4] [5] Yancey graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He then went on to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Morehouse College in 1937. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1941 and later studied general surgery under Dr. Charles R. Drew.[6]

Professional life

Yancey's early medical career includes service as a first lieutenant in the

Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital
).

Accomplishments and board memberships

In 1964, Yancey became the first African-American member of the medical faculty at Emory University and, along with other faculty members, is responsible for the development of the Cardiology Center at Emory.[5] He is also Grady Memorial Hospital's first African-American doctor.

Yancey established the first accredited surgical residency for African-Americans in the state of Georgia and the state of Alabama.[4] The Asa G. Yancey Medical Center of the Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia, is named in his honor.

Auburn Avenue Research Library of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. The collection spans from 1938 to 2001, highlighting Yancey's medical career, his contribution to the field of medicine, selected articles and publications.[6]

In 1973, Yancey was elected to the

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. He has served on several boards which include: the editorial board, Journal of the National Medical Association; Georgia Division of the American Cancer Society; the American College of Surgeons and the Atlanta Board of Education
.

Family life

Yancey was born to Arthur and Daisy Yancey. He and his wife Carolyn E. (Dunbar) Yancey are the parents of Arthur Yancey II, M.D., Caren Yancey-Covington (D), Carolyn Yancey, M.D. and Asa G. Yancey Jr., M.D.[8]

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References

  1. ^ FamilySearch.org
  2. ^ "African American Genealogy :Yancey Genealogy". African American Genealogy. September 2004. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  3. ^ "Pioneering Surgeon Asa G Yancey Dies at Age 97". Atlanta Daily World. March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  4. ^ a b "Emory School of Medicine-Dean's Letter". Emory University School of Medicine. September 2006. Retrieved 2010-06-11.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "All Heart: How Emory Cardiology Evolved; Emory Medicine". September 2004. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  6. ^ a b c d "Inventory of the Asa G. Yancey Sr., MD Papers". Archive Division Auburn Avenue Research Library of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. September 2004. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  7. ^ http://www.gradyhealthsystem.org/.../healthcenter_asa_yancy.asp[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "African American Genealogy :Yancey Genealogy, Genealogical Research". African American Genealogy. September 2004. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
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