Velma Scantlebury

CTL-E-6734 · Person · physician · 1955–present

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Velma P. Scantlebury (born 1955, Barbados) is recognized as the first African American woman transplant surgeon in the United States, trained at the University of Pittsburgh under Thomas Starzl, the founder of modern transplantation. She has performed more than 2,000 transplants across a career spanning Pittsburgh and the University of South Alabama, where she directed the transplant program. She is a professor of surgery and a national voice on equity in organ allocation.

Notes

Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged health pioneers packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/health/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Physician — transplant surgeon (University of Pittsburgh; University of South Alabama) · Photo slot: HELD — No portrait on Wikimedia Commons; all surname matches are other people (Vera, Marcia, James Scantlebury).

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Velma Scantlebury' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Scantlebury

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