Ulysses Grant Dailey
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Ulysses Grant Dailey was an American surgeon, writer, and teacher. He was one of the first African-Americans recognized in the field of medicine in the United States
. In 1949, the House of Delegates of the National Medical Association awarded him with the Distinguished Service Award.
. He obtained his degree in Medicine from Northwestern University
in 1906. He established the Dailey Hospital and Sanitarium in 1926. He became a senior attending surgeon at Provident Hospital in Chicago, Illinois from 1933 to 1952. He received assignments from the Department Statement and was assigned to India
, Sri Lanka
, and Africa
from 1952 to 1953. From 1915 to 1916, he was a fellow of the International College of Surgeons and president of the National Medical Association
.
He died at the age of 76.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In 1949, the House of Delegates of the National Medical Association awarded him with the Distinguished Service Award.
Biography
Dailey was born in Donaldsonville, LouisianaDonaldsonville, Louisiana
Donaldsonville is a city in and the parish seat of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the west bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 7,605 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:Acadians began to settle in the area in...
. He obtained his degree in Medicine from Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in 1906. He established the Dailey Hospital and Sanitarium in 1926. He became a senior attending surgeon at Provident Hospital in Chicago, Illinois from 1933 to 1952. He received assignments from the Department Statement and was assigned to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
from 1952 to 1953. From 1915 to 1916, he was a fellow of the International College of Surgeons and president of the National Medical Association
National Medical Association
The National Medical Association is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States...
.
He died at the age of 76.
External links
- Picture of Ulysses Grant Dailey at NegroArtist.com
- Ulysses Grant Dailey at S9.com