The first Black female orthopedic surgeon, Claudia Thomas, MD, began practicing in 1980 at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University.
Nine practicing Black female orthopedic surgeons to know:
1. Shasta Henderson, MD, works at Charleston, S.C.-based Trident Orthopedic Specialists and focuses on wrist fractures.
2. Claudia Thomas, MD, is a general orthopedic specialist who has been practicing for over 20 years at Lady Lake, Fla.-based Leesburg Regional Medical Center.
3. Haydee Brown, MD, is a foot and ankle specialist who works at New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital.
4. Sonya Sloan, MD, is a general orthopedic surgeon who practices at Denver-based Gallup Indian Medical Center, where she has been practicing for over 20 years.
5. Mychelle Shegog, MD, has been practicing as a sports medicine specialist for over 20 years, working with District of Columbia-based MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
6. Monique Chambers, MD, has been an orthopedic surgery resident at Waco, Texas-based Baylor College of Medicine since 2018.
7. Dana Jamison, MD, is a general orthopedic specialist at Phoenix-based Banner University Wound Care Institute.
8. Vietta Johnson, MD, is a general orthopedic surgeon at Chicago-based Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center.
9. Susan Stephens, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Concord, Ohio-based The Institute for Spine.
