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Five African Americans Scholars Who Have Been Named to New Positions in Academia

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Sonia Eden, a clinical assistant professor, has been named interim chair of the Wayne State University department of neurosurgery. Dr. Eden specializes in minimally-invasive spine surgery, complex spine and spinal cord surgery, sacroiliac joint surgery, endoscopic and minimally-invasive brain surgery, and peripheral nerve surgery. Dr. Eden was on the staff at Ascension Borgess Brain and Spine Institute in Kalamazoo from 2008 to 2020. She also served as a clinical assistant professor at the Western Michigan University School of Medicine from 2010-2020.

A native of Detroit, Dr. Eden is a graduate of Yale Univerity with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan in 2000.