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Black and STEMbruary, Day 17
Feb. 17th, 2025 06:54 pmJane Cooke Wright, MD
Dr. Wright was a surgeon and oncologist. Her father, Louis Wright, was also a doctor, one of the first black graduates from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wright worked at Harlem Hospital in New York.
When Dr. Wright was starting her career in the 1940s, she took a keen interest in chemotherapy, which was in its infancy at the time. In those days, chemotherapy was much more brutal than it is now. Dr. Wright demonstrated methotrexate was effective in treating breast cancer. Methotrexate is still used today, not only as an anti cancer agent, but a treatment for ectopic pregnancy.
Dr. Wright was a founding member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and in 1967 was appointed associate dean at New York Medical College. At the time,, she was the highest ranked black woman in medicial instituteion in the United States.
Dr. Wright was a surgeon and oncologist. Her father, Louis Wright, was also a doctor, one of the first black graduates from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wright worked at Harlem Hospital in New York.
When Dr. Wright was starting her career in the 1940s, she took a keen interest in chemotherapy, which was in its infancy at the time. In those days, chemotherapy was much more brutal than it is now. Dr. Wright demonstrated methotrexate was effective in treating breast cancer. Methotrexate is still used today, not only as an anti cancer agent, but a treatment for ectopic pregnancy.
Dr. Wright was a founding member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and in 1967 was appointed associate dean at New York Medical College. At the time,, she was the highest ranked black woman in medicial instituteion in the United States.
