Black Medical Pioneers
Famous Case Studies
Black Medical Institutions
Ancient African Medical History
MO/STL Black Medical History
100

Who was the first African American female physician?

1) Rebecca Lee Crumpler

2) Whitney Houston

3) Marilyn Gaston

4) Dorothy Ferebee

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

100

What type of cells were sourced from Henrietta Lacks and later became known as the “immortalized human cell line”?


  1. Liver cells 

  2. Cervical cancer cells

  3. Osteocytes 

  4. Pancreatic cancer cells

Cervical cancer cells

100

Which of the following was the first black medical school?

  1. Morehouse

  2. Howard

  3. SLU

  4. Harvard

Howard

100

What ancient African civilization is credited with developing one of the earliest known medical systems?

A) Egyptian

B) Nubian

C) Carthaginian

D) Kushite



Egyptian

100

Who was the first African American physician to practice in Missouri, establishing a medical practice in St. Louis in 1888?


A) Dr. John T. Hodgen

B) Dr. Joseph Phillippe Love

C) Dr. George Vaughn Medical

D) Dr. Homer G. Phillips

Dr. John T. Hodgen

200

What african american doctor performed the world’s first successful open heart surgery and opened the first black-owned hospital?

1) Lebron James

2) Griffin Lee Rodgers

3) David Satcher

4) Daniel Hale Williams

Daniel Hale Williams

200

Why were Henrietta Lacks’s cells so important to medical research?

  1. They multiplied at an extraordinary rate, contributing to the development of numerous drugs

  2. They were essential in creating staining pigments on living cells

  3. Her cells were dead, yet still producing ATP

  4. It took 10 years for scientists to revive her cells from death



They multiplied at an extraordinary rate, contributing to the development of numerous drugs

200

What year was the first black medical school founded?

  1. 1868

  2. 1776

  3. 1961

  4. 1942

1868

200

In traditional African medicine, what is the significance of the "mbira" instrument?

A) Used for spiritual rituals

B) Applied as a diagnostic tool

C) Administering herbal remedies

D) None of the above

Applied as a diagnostic tool

200

In 1903, Homer G. Phillips became the first African American to graduate from which medical school in Missouri?


A) Washington University School of Medicine

B) University of Missouri School of Medicine

C) Saint Louis University School of Medicine

D) Meharry Medical College

Meharry Medical College

300

Which of these pioneers in medicine was known as the “father of blood banking”?

  1. Charles R. Drew

  2. Louis Wade Sullivan

  3. Daniel Hale Williams

  4. James McCune Smith

Charles R. Drew

300


Who was J Marion Sims?


  1. Abraham Lincoln’s uncle

  2. The father of Henrietta Lacks who protested the use of her cells

  3. A physicist

  4. A gynecology surgeon who nonconsensually experimented with 7 enslaved women to develop his techniques

A gynecology surgeon who nonconsensually experimented with 7 enslaved women to develop his techniques

300

How many HBCU Medical schools are there (out of 193 medical schools in the US)

  1. 13

  2. 24

  3. 22

  4. 4

4

300

Who was the legendary ancient Egyptian physician often referred to as the "father of medicine"?

A) Imhotep

B) Hippocrates

C) Thutmose III

D) Ramses II

Imhotep

300

What pioneering African American surgeon, who practiced in St. Louis, became the first woman to head a surgery department in a U.S. hospital in 1948?


A) Dr. Edith Irby Jones

B) Dr. Helen Dickens

C) Dr. Myra Adele Logan

D) Dr. Vivien Thomas

Dr. Myra Adele Logan

400

Who was the first African American woman to serve as the president of the American Medical Association (AMA)?


  1. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

  2. Jane C. Wright

  3. Dorothy Lavina Brown

  4. Joycelyn Elders

Jane C. Wright


400

T/F: The Tuskegee Syphilis study was conducted after the cure was found, and the participants were duped into thinking that they were given the cure.

True

400

What is the name of the nation’s oldest organization representing African American health professionals?

  1. Minority Association of Pre-health Students

  2. Black Medical Society

  3. National Medical Association

  4. NAACP



National Medical Association

400

Which African ethnic group is known for its traditional medicine practices involving the use of medicinal plants and spiritual healing?

A) Maasai

B) Zulu

C) Berber

D) Hausa

Zulu

400

What St. Louis hospital, named after an African American physician, became the first hospital in the city to offer medical services to African Americans in the early 20th century?


A) SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

B) Barnes-Jewish Hospital

C) Homer G. Phillips Hospital

D) Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Homer G. Phillips Hospital

500

Who was the first neurosurgeon to successfully perform separation of conjoined twins who were attached at the back of the head in 1987 Case Studies? 


A.) Candace Owens

B.) Ben Carson

C.) Thomas Carter 

D.) Larry Elder 

Ben Carson

500

What did the researchers in the “aggressive behavior” study do to provoke the young African American Boys?

  1. Hourly blood draws

  2. Administration of fenfluramine

  3. Withdrawal from water and medications

  4. All of the above

All of the above

500

Which institution was founded by Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American woman to earn a medical degree?


  1. Tuskegee University

  2. Howard University college of medicine

  3. Meharry Medical College

  4. New England Female Medical College

New England Female Medical College

500

Which of these ancient African medical practices is still used in modern medicine today?


  1. Cupping therapy

  2. Acupuncture

  3. Herbal medicine

  4. All of the above

All of the above

500

Which African American physician, known for his pioneering work in treating tuberculosis and leading efforts to establish a hospital for African Americans in St. Louis, has a hospital named after him in the city?


A) Dr. John T. Hodgen

B) Dr. George E. Cannon

C) Dr. Roscoe C. Brown Jr.

D) Dr. Aaron A. Moore

Dr. Aaron A. Moore

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