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CMA Hosts Black History Month Speaker
As a part of its Black History Month celebration, City of Medicine Academy invited Dr. Brenda Armstrong, Associate Dean for Admissions at Duke’s School of Medicine, to tell the students her story and perspectives. Dr. Armstrong was a member of one of the first classes at Duke University to include African-American students and was also the only African-American woman in her medical school at St. Louis University for three of her four years at the school.
CMA is a school designed to educate and train students to work in the field of health services and medical care and was the perfect match to hear from Dr. Armstrong. In addition to sharing her experiences about breaking the color barrier, Dr. Armstrong was also able to provide students with insights and strategies for furthering their education in the medical field.
Dr. Armstrong completed her internship for pediatrics at the UCLA Center for Health Sciences and her residency and fellowship for pediatric cardiology at Duke. As the second black woman in the United States to be a board-certified pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Armstrong’s current research focuses on gender- and race-based disparities in medical education.