2023年3月23日

经过近一个世纪的努力，范德比尔特大学的神经外科住院医生项目将迎来第一位黑人女性住院医生。塔米娅·波特是第一位接受田纳西州纳什维尔大学医学中心神经外科职位的黑人女性。这位26岁的球员是在3月17日收到这个消息的，这一天是医学生们熟知的“全国比赛日”，数千名医学生将在这一天学习他们未来几年的住院医生培训。波特在接受CNN采访时表示，当她第一次看到这场比赛时，她感到难以置信，在多年的学校生活之后，她感到非常宽慰和兴奋，因为她即将进入人生的下一个篇章。“我所做的一切，我所学习的一切，我所经历的一切，都是为了让别人变得更好，”波特说。根据美国医学院协会(Association of American Medical Colleges)的最新数据，美国只有5.7%的医生是黑人或非洲裔美国人。该协会2019年的一份报告发现，2018年美国神经外科领域只有33名黑人女性 。范德堡大学神经外科教授兼主任里德·汤普森(Reid Thompson)博士说，1932年，范德堡大学培养了第一位神经外科住院医生，波特成为91年来第一位加入该医院的黑人女性。汤普森在一份声明中告诉CNN，去年夏天波特访问学校时，他和同事们立即对她“对神经外科的才华和热情”印象深刻。波特于2018年以优异成绩毕业于佛罗里达农业机械大学，获得化学学士学位。 The school was the highest-ranked public historically Black college or university in US News & World Report’s 2022-23 ranking. She told CNN that being a FAMU alumna proves that it’s possible to go to an HBCU and “attain every single thing that you want to and make your dreams come true.” Before she heads to Vanderbilt, Potter will finish her studies at Case Western Reserve University Medical School. The first time Potter ever met a Black woman neurosurgeon was in medical school, Potter told CNN, and the representation was important because it pushed her to believe in herself. She added she hopes to be something similar for the students coming after her. Potter knows some people will question her qualifications because of her race. “When you walk into the room, everybody thinks you’re a nurse, or they may think you’re a janitor,” she said. She added: “A lot of people feel like when you go to an HBCU, you are sacrificing quality, and that is something that people should not believe.” The-CNN-Wire