Add photo of Gene Mcconnell Ministries, Authentic Relationships Internation (optional)
Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C. Charles Drew excelled in academics and sports during his graduate studies at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Charles Drew was also a honor student at McGill University Medical School in Montreal, where he specialized in physiological anatomy. Charles Drew researched blood plasma and transfusions in New York City, where he became a Doctor of Medical Science â the first African-American to do so at Columbia University. There, he made his discoveries relating to the preservation of blood.
In 1943, Drew became the first African American surgeon to serve as an examiner on the American Board of Surgery. He received the Spingarn Medal in 1944 for his contributions to medicine. Death. Charles R. Drew died at the age of 45 from injuries suffered in a car accident in Green Level North Carolina. According to some reports, the nearest hospital refused to admit Dr. Drew because of his race, and vital time was lost in taking him further away to a black hospital.