Degree(s): N/A, Doctor of Medicine
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Undergraduate Institution: Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) (HBCU)
Graduate Institution: Ohio State University
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Photo Credit: African American Registry
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Dr. William Warrick Cardozo was a physician and pediatrician who pioneered research on sickle cell anemia. Specifically, he determined that the disease almost exclusively affected people of African descent; not all people with sickle cells were anemic; not all patients died of sickle cell disease; and no successful treatment was identified. A DC native, Dr. Cardozo also worked in Howard University’s College of Medicine and Freedmen’s Hospital.
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