| Summary: | Neurosurgeon Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis was born on November 7, 1950, in Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from Lansing High School in 1967, Canady-Davis received her B.S. degree from the University of Michigan in 1971, and her M.D. degree from the University of Michigan College of Medicine in 1975. Between 1975 and 1976, Canady-Davis completed an internship at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She was then trained as a resident in neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota between 1976 and 1981. In 1983, she was hired at Children's Hospital of Michigan, where she later became chief of neurosurgery in 1987, holding the position fourteen years until she retired in 2001. She was the first African American female neurosurgeon in the United States. Canady-Davis's expertise involved cranio-facial abnormalities, tumors of the brain, and congenital spine abnormalities. After several years of retirement, Canady-Davis was lured back to surgery as a consultant and has practiced part-time.
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