# Myra Adele Logan

> Myra Adele Logan is known as the first African American female physician, surgeon, and anatomist to perform a successful open-heart surgery. Following this accomplishment, Logan focused her work on children's heart surgery and was involved in the development of the antibiotic Aureomycin which treated bacterial, viral, and rickettsial diseases with the majority of her medical practice done at the Harlem Hospital in New York. Logan attended medical school during the pre–Civil Rights era. The majority of black female physicians in this time period were forced to attend segregated schools.

*African-American physician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1908
- **Died:** 1977-01-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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