Linda Idris Suleiman is an American physician, Assistant Dean of Medical Education and Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
10 Facts About Linda Suleiman
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Linda Suleiman's mother was an anaesthesiologist and her father worked for the port authority.
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Linda Suleiman has said that she was inspired to become a physician because of her mother.
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Linda Suleiman's family relocated to Hamilton, Ontario, where her mother's medical degree was not recognised and her parents were forced to do janitorial work.
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Linda Suleiman completed her medical training at Howard University College of Medicine, where she saw pictures of LaSalle D Leffall Jr.
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In 2009 Linda Suleiman was made an Orthopaedic medical intern as part of the Nth Dimensions programme.
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Linda Suleiman completed a rotation at the Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, where she was mentored by Erik King, Lurie Children's' first African-American orthopaedic surgeon.
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In 2018 Linda Suleiman joined the faculty at the Feinberg School of Medicine, where she was the first Somali-American woman orthopaedic surgeon.
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Alongside her clinical practise, Linda Suleiman has worked to improve the representation of women in orthopaedic surgery.
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Linda Suleiman was named the Assistant Dean of Medical Education and Director of Diversity and Inclusion in 2018.