Granville Coggs (1925–2019) – WWII pilot, pioneering radiologist, and inspiration to minorities in medicine

Role models play an important role in firing the imagination of medical students and residents, and when it comes to attracting and sustaining under-represented minorities in fields such as medicine, the inspiring stories of minority physicians can make an especially important contribution. One such...

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