Dr Alice Drew Chenoweth
From her small-town beginnings, she eventually made her way to the nation’s capital, serving in a number of distinguished federal government positions at a time when few women held such posts.
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Dr Alma Dea Morani
Dr. Morani was the first woman surgical intern at St. James Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, the first woman surgical resident at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and the first woman admitted to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
Dr Ann Connor Jobe
After a career in nursing she trained as a physician and later become dean of Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia, when only eight women served as deans in United States medical schools.
Dr Anna Lenore Skow Southam
Dr. Anna Lenore Skow Southam conducted extensive research and published widely in the area of reproductive health, infertility, and sterility, and performed some of the earliest clinical evaluations of a rapid immunological pregnancy test.
Dr Shirley F Marks
In 1973, Dr. Shirley Marks was the first Spelman College alumna, and only the second African American woman in twenty-three years to graduate from Harvard Medical School.
Dr Susan Potts Sloan
Dr. Susan Sloan co-founded the Intertribal Alliance of Medical Students in Minneapolis in 1996 and served as its first president.
Dr Susan Veronica Karol
Dr. Susan Karol was first woman of the Tuscarora Indian Nation to become a surgeon in 1988 and the first woman to be made chief of surgery at Beverly Hospital in Massachusetts in 1996.
Dr Sylvia M Ramos
Sylvia Ramos, M.D., was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Throughout her career, she focused on breast cancer and the use of ultrasound for diagnostic procedures and the role of peer support on quality of life and outcomes for cancer survivors.
Dr Teresa Ramos
Dr Teresa Ramos is a leading figure in the Hispanic medical community and has worked as a physician, medical director, and health care cultural competency consultant.
Dr Terri L Young
Pediatric ophthalmologist Terri L. Young, M.D., has researched the molecular genetics of myopia to help find better treatments for eye disorders.