---
title: 'Medical Device Reps Podcast: Dr. Claudia Thomas'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/medical-device-reps-podcast-dr-claudia-thomas'
show: 'Device Nation'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/device-nation'
published: '2020-12-07'
audio: 'https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/786629/6735985-medical-device-reps-podcast-dr-claudia-thomas.mp3'
---

# Medical Device Reps Podcast: Dr. Claudia Thomas

## Summary

The first African-American female orthopedic surgeon in the US spends an hour with Device Nation to tell us her amazing life story! Surviving the 60's, her fellowship, Hurricane Hugo and kidney cancer....you get a front-row seat to her autobiography. I love her strategic acumen and heart for mentoring, a class act!

Dr. Claudia Thomas Autobiography: https://www.amazon.com/Spare-Life-Claudia-Lynn-Thomas/dp/0977729788/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=god+spare+life&qid=1607315436&sr=8-1

Dr. Thomas Recommends: https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Lessons-Triumphing-Adversity-Humanity/dp/1642935484/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=augustus+white+overcoming&qid=1607315586&sr=8-1

Doc+Social: https://doc.social

We talk about the strategic nature of "mentoring"....Are we emergency room mentee's or primary care?

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