Neurosurgeons care for two of the most delicate and complex parts of the human body: the brain and the nervous system. The name neurosurgeon is slightly misleading as neurosurgeons do much more than just operate on the brain or spinal cord. They are also nonoperative caretakers of the nervous system and all of its surrounding blood supply.
Honors and awards. 1  1992 Mae C. Jemison Science and Space Museum, Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, Illinois. 2  1992 Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in Detroit, Michigan. 3  2001 Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school in Hazel Crest, Illinois.
In 1988 Jemison completed astronaut training, becoming the first African-American female astronaut. Jemison is the first female of color to go into space, where she conducted experiments in 1992 aboard the space shuttle.