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He went on to become the first African American to be board certified in neurological surgery in 1953. Drs. Jesse Barber, Gary Dennis, and Damirez Fossett, the subsequent division chiefs, have all continued Dr. Greene\u2019s legacy of providing academic enrichment and subserving a disparate population. Many patients who may not have received treatment otherwise have been able to receive exemplary neurosurgical care from them. Under their tutelage, numerous African American medical students have gone on to train in neurological surgery. Future directions include developing a residency program, collaborating with other neurosurgery programs in continental Africa and the Caribbean, and establishing a fellowship for training international students.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/2023.1.jns222560","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,10]],"date-time":"2023-03-10T16:21:11Z","timestamp":1678465271000},"page":"1120-1127","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["History of neurosurgery at Howard University: the nation\u2019s only historically black academic institution that practices neurological surgery"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"139","author":[{"given":"Deja M.","family":"Rush","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Howard University College of Medicine; and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Damirez T.","family":"Fossett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Howard University College of Medicine; and"},{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"b1","series-title":"Howard University Studies in History","first-page":"1","article-title":"The founding of Howard University","volume":"1","author":"Dyson W","year":"1921","unstructured":"Dyson W. 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