Whitfield Winsey (September 1847 – July 6, 1919), was the first African American doctor admitted to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland.
Beginning in 1867, Winsey was mentored by Dr. John Richard Woodcock Dunbar, who was vice-president of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and was influential in the medical community.
On April 2, 1882, Winsey was admitted to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, becoming the first African American to do so.
[1] Earlier in the year, he was denied admittance to the Baltimore Medical and Surgical Society, as some members objected to Winsey's admittance, one in particular stating that "his Southern birth prevented him from recognizing a negro practitioner.
"[2] In addition to private practice, Winsey was an instructor at Provident Hospital and a physician at the Industrial Home for Colored Girls at Melvale in Baltimore.