Dr. Hayes Dixon Becomes The First Black Woman Dean Of The Howard University College Of Medicine In Its 154-Ye - Essence

As the adage goes, better precocious than never. That tin beryllium said astir the historical announcement that Howard University appointed Andrea A. Hayes Dixon, M.D., FACS, FAAP arsenic its dean of medicine dean, the archetypal Black pistillate to clasp the rubric successful the school’s 154 twelvemonth history.

“I americium genuinely honored and humbled to pb the outstanding Howard University College of Medicine,” said Hayes Dixon successful a news release. “The work of educating the nation’s adjacent procreation of leaders successful medicine, is an tremendous work that I instrumentality precise seriously. I americium excited to engender allies and friends to articulation maine successful the travel of moving Howard forward.”

Just 22 percent of med schoolhouse deans are women, and successful 2019, lone 11% were under-represented minorities.

This historical determination signals a overmuch needed boost successful broader practice aesculapian academia, peculiarly astatine HBCUs.

The well-deserved appointments comes aft Hayes Dixon is conscionable latest drawstring of awesome firsts successful her caree. For example, successful 2006, she was the archetypal surgeon successful the satellite to implicit a high-risk life-saving process successful teens with uncommon forms of abdominal crab and successful 2021 she became the archetypal pistillate seat of the Department of Surgery astatine Howard University.

She volition succeed Hugh Mighty, MD, MBA, FACOG, who served arsenic dean of the College of Medicine since 2015.

“This is an breathtaking infinitesimal successful the past of the College of Medicine arsenic we look guardant to the continued emergence of the University successful grooming the adjacent procreation of aesculapian leaders and providers,” said, Mighty, elder vice president for wellness affairs successful a quality release. “Dr. Hayes volition bring caller experiences and imaginativeness to the ngo of our historical College of Medicine.”