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Nancy Abu-Bonsrah's colleagues celebrated her achievements on social media using the hashtag #JohnsHopkins. They also honored her with hashtags like #Neurosurgery, #WomenInMedicine Trailblazer, #HealthcareHeroes, and #GlobalHealth.
Banda Khalifa, an epidemiology student and chair of the International Students Association at Johns Hopkins, posted a photo celebrating the graduation of the first Black female neurosurgeon to train at Johns Hopkins since 1937, when the Neurosurgery specialty reportedly began.
Khalifa mentioned that no Black female had ever trained in that specialty since the program's inception at the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery.
As the first Black female neurosurgery resident, Nancy's journey is inspirational.
Nancy studied chemistry and biochemistry at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland before earning a medical degree from Johns Hopkins Medicine.
She also holds a master's degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Nancy has not only made history but continues to inspire countless individuals.
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, an associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, honored Nancy on LinkedIn.
Ansah did two fellowships at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and earned a Master's in Public Health. They are saving lives and changing history for the better together.
A few years ago, Nancy shared her experiences about what happens between a resident entering a hospital and performing surgery on a patient.
Nancy talked about being the first Black woman neurosurgery resident at Johns Hopkins. She gave a tour of one of the operating rooms as a fifth-year Neurosurgery Resident at Hopkins.
She pursued an MPH from the Bloomberg School of Public Health as part of her research time.
She is passionate about helping mitigate barriers to access to neurosurgical care in low-resource settings and mentorship for underrepresented minorities interested in neurosurgery.