Sadye Curry

Sadye Beatryce Curry (born 1941) is the first African-American woman to become a gastroenterologist in the United States, the first African-American to do postgraduate studies at Duke University Medical Center. Quotes One cannot go through life without facing obstacles of various types. We have to remain focused, barrel over the obstacles, see the light at the end of the tunnel, and by the Grace of God, keep moving. I am proud of the fact that I deemed it essential to teach patients about their medical condition, encourage them to ask questions, and to read. I am proud of the knowledge I have been able to impart to physicians around the country through lectures on gastrointestinal diseases. External links Category:Physicians from North Carolina Category:20th-century African-American women Category:21st-century African-American women Category:1941 births Category:Women born in the 1940s Category:Living people