About
Doctor and instructor at the Howard University College of Medicine famously known for his study of sickle cell anemia and the development of African American children.
Before Fame
He attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology and received an M.D. from Ohio State University. He began his fellowship in pediatrics at Chicago: Provident Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital, where he began his research of sickle cell anemia.
Trivia
He was the first to conclude that sickle cell anemia was most prevalent in people of African heritage. He was also only the fourth African American to earn an internship at the City Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He was officially certified by the American Board of Pediatrics as a pediatrician in 1942.
Family Life
His father was named Frederick Lewis Cardozo and his mother was named Blanche Warrick Cardozo. He was married to wife Julia Manly Cardozo and had a daughter named Judy Cardozo.
Associated With
Another African American pioneer in the medical profession is Daniel Hale Williams, who performed the first open heart surgery in 1893.
