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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Dr. Asa Yancey, Sr.
Dr. Asa Yancey, Sr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Yancey, Asa, 1916-2013, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2012 March 19.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Surgeon, professor, and medical director Dr. Asa G. Yancey, Sr. was born on August 19, 1916, in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his B.S. degree from Morehouse College in 1937 and his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1941. Yancey served as First Lieutenant in The United States Army Medical Corp. before he returned to complete his residency in surgery at Freedmen's Hospital where he worked under the guidance of Dr. Charles R. Drew. Serving as chief of surgery at Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee and then the Hughes Spalding Pavilion of Grady Memorial Hospital, Yancey established the first accredited training program for black surgeons in both Alabama and Georgia. In 1972, Yancey became the medical director of Hughes Spalding Pavilion and assistant dean of Emory University Medical School. He won several awards including an Honorary Doctor of Science from both Morehouse College and Howard University. He passed away on March 9, 2013.
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