Margaret E. Grigsby

Biography

Margaret Elizabeth Grigsby (January 16, 1923 - June 24, 2009) was an American physician, noteworthy as the first African-American woman to become a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the first woman to preside over a major medical division at Howard University Hospital. Grigsby was best known as an Internal Medicine physician, with a speciality in Tropical Medicine and infectious diseases, practicing both in the United States and Africa.

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