Nathan Francis Mossell
American physician
Died when: 90 years 92 days (1083 months)Star Sign: Leo
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Nathan Francis Mossell (July 27, 1856 – October 27, 1946) was the first African-American graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1882.He did post-graduate training at hospitals in Philadelphia and London.
In 1888, he was the first black physician elected as member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society in Pennsylvania.He helped found the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School in West Philadelphia in 1895, which he led as chief-of-staff and medical director until he retired in 1933.
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