Английская Википедия:David B. Todd Jr.
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person David Bernard Todd Jr. (March 22, 1931 – October 21, 1980)[1] was an American surgeon. He was a professor of surgery at Meharry Medical College, and the first African-American cardiovascular surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the namesake of Dr DB Todd Jr. Boulevard in North Nashville.
Early life
Todd was born in 1931 in Jefferson County, Alabama.[2][3] He graduated from Morehouse College, where he earned a bachelor's degree, followed by an MD from Meharry Medical College in 1956.[3] He attended the University of Minnesota, where he earned a PhD in 1966.[4]
Career
Todd began his career as an assistant professor of surgery at Meharry Medical College in 1966.[3] He was also the director of the thoracic and cardiovascular divisions at Meharry.[5] He became associate professor of surgery in 1969, and full professor in 1979.[3]
Todd was a physician at Hubbard Hospital on the Meharry campus, now known as Nashville General Hospital.[6] According to The Tennessean, he was the "first black cardiovascular surgeon in Nashville," and he "headed the team that performed the first open heart surgery at Meharry in 1972."[2][4]
Todd was a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Geriatrics Society, and the American College of Surgeons.[4] He served as the chair of the surgical division of the National Medical Association.[3]
Personal life, death and legacy
With his wife, née Loraine LeShore, Todd had a son and three daughters.[4] They resided in Bordeaux, a neighborhood of Nashville.[7]
Todd died on October 21, 1980, at the Riverside Hospital in Nashville, at age 48.[2][4] His funeral was held at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, and he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.[4] Dr DB Todd Jr. Boulevard, between Charlotte Avenue and Clarksville Pike, was named in his honor in 1982.[3]
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