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Keith Black (surgeon)
American neurosurgeon
Keith L. Black (born September 13, 1957) is an American neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of brain tumors and a prolific campaigner for funding of cancer treatment. He is chairman of the neurosurgery department and director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.[1]
Early life
Keith Black was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. His mother, Lillian, was a teacher and his father, Robert, was the principal at a racially segregated elementary school in Auburn, Alabama; prohibited by law to integrate the student body, Black's father instead integrated the faculty, raised standards, and brought more challenging subjects to the school.[2][3]
Seeking better educational opportunities, Black's parents found new jobs and relocated the family to Shaker Heights, Ohio where he attended Shaker Heights High School. Already interested in medicine, Biography on doctor keith black wife.