The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Donna M. Mendes.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 46 min., 54 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.116 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Mendes, Donna M., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Shawn, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Dr. Donna M. Mendes |
| Portion of title | Dr. Donna M. Mendes |
| Abstract | Medical professor and vascular surgeon Donna M. Mendes was born on October 25, 1951 in Oceanside, New York. She graduated from Hofstra University in 1973 with her B.A. degree in biology, and in 1977 from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Mendes became a resident at St. Luke's Hospital in 1978, chief surgical resident in 1981, and a fellow in vascular surgery at Englewood Hospital in 1982. Mendes' clinical research focused on effects of race on vascular disease. By 1986, Mendes was the first African American female vascular surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery. In 1990, Mendes became assistant clinical professor of surgery at Columbia University. In 1993, she became chief of St. Luke's Division of Vascular Surgery, and in 1998, she was senior attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery. In 1999, Mendes was hired as attending vascular surgeon at the Department of Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer | Shawn Wilson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2007 March 28. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.116 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |