Dr. Alexa Irene Canady (amuru na Nọvemba 7, afo 1950) bu onye dibia bekee lara ezumike nka nke ama ama n'ihe gbasara akwara ozi umuaka . Amụrụ ya na Lansing, Michigan wee nweta akara ugo mmụta bachelor na ahụike na Mahadum Michigan . Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Minnesota na afo 1981, ọ ghọrọ nwanyị ojii mbụ ghọrọ dọkịta na-awa ahụ. Nke a bịara mgbe Ruth Kerr Jakoby ghọrọ nwanyị America mbụ nwetara asambodo na neurosurgery na afo 1961. Canady bụ ọkachamara n'ịgwọ ọrịa akwara ụmụaka ma bụrụ onye isi nke neurosurgery n'ụlọ ọgwụ ụmụaka dị na Michigan site na afo 1987 ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na afo 2001. Na mgbakwunye na ịwa ahụ, ọ mekwara nyocha ma bụrụ onye prọfesọ nke neurosurgery na Mahadum Wayne State . Mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká, ọ kwagara Florida wee nọgide na-eme ihe nwa oge na Pensacola's Sacred Heart Hospital ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká zuru oke na Jenụwarị afo 2012. Na afo 1989, a kpọbatara Canady n'ime Ụlọ Nzukọ Ndị Nwanyị Michigan, na na afo 1993 ọ natakwara ihe nrite onye isi oche nke American Medical Women's Association .