Alexa Canady

Dr. Alexa Canady was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1950. In 1981 she became the first African American woman certified neurosurgeon in the United States. She was a pediatric neurosurgeon for most of her career. She served as chief of neurosurgery in a children’s hospital for 14 years. Even after her retirement in 2012, she advocates for women’s participation in the neurosurgical field.