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248:(1995). There was inequality between white and black Americans when it came to receiving healthcare and his leadership skills helped bring attention to the treatment and mortality in Black cancer patients. Specially, he formed a program focusing on the issue of cancer for Black Americans. He served as chairman of the board of directors for the
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Leffall as the first African American president of the organization. Throughout his career, he was able to speak to more than 200 medical colleges in and out of America. On top of that, he contributed to more than 100 books and articles, both as the original author and as
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Leffall performed surgery until the mid-2000s, completing 60 years in total. Although he stopped actively practicing medicine in 2013, he maintained his teaching and administrative involvement at the medical school. In May 2015, Howard held a special grand rounds session to honor
Leffall's service to
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In three years, he was awarded an undergraduate degree in
Biology at Florida A&M at age 18, and with the interest he had in writing, he also was awarded an undergraduate degree in English at the same time. Leffall earned his medical degree in 1952, attending Howard at a time when
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Leffall met his wife, the former Ruth McWilliams, when he was a senior at Howard. Leffall and his wife had one son, LaSalle III, who became a
Harvard-educated businessman. Leffall was a close friend of jazz musician
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140:(May 22, 1930 – May 25, 2019) was an American surgeon, oncologist, and medical educator. Recognized as very committed to those he served and his profession, he served as the Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery at
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