Dr Laurie A McLemore

As a teenage mother, Laurie McLemore was told she would not be able to become a physician. Despite the lack of encouragement she received from academic advisors, and the challenges of raising a family whilst building a career, she went on to complete premedical training with honors and was offered a scholarship to attend medical school.

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Dr Judith Salmon Kaur

Dr. Judith S. Kaur has devoted her career to the improvement of survival rates for American Indians with cancer. Although she had planned to return to the reservation after medical school to practice medicine, she has instead devoted her career to scientific research. Fascinated with the study of cancer, she now makes her contribution to the health of American Indian populations at the forefront of medical science.

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Dr Kathleen R Annette

Dr. Kathleen Annette was the first woman in the Minnesota Ojibwe Nation to become a physician and the first woman in the Bemidji Indian Health Service to serve as an area director.

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Dr Kathryn Ann Morsea

With a special interest in the benefits of a traditional American Indian diet, family practitioner Kathryn A. Morsea, M.D., incorporates traditional healing practices into her patient care as a practitioner of family medicine in Gallup, New Mexico.

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Dr Kelly Roberta Moore

Dr. Kelly R. Moore has expanded her clinical practice to take on more community issues, in the hope that her contribution can improve the overall health of American Indian and Alaskan Native populations. She is a captain in the United States Public Health Service, and a pediatrician with the Indian Health Service.

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Sinrock Mary

Sinrock Mary is known for her legacy as a headstrong businesswoman and interpreter for expeditions along the northern Alaska coast and Russia.

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Dr Jennifer A Giroux

Jennifer A. Giroux, M.D., built her career in epidemiology as an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Indian Health Service, where she promoted preventive measures to lower the rates of tuberculosis and HIV infection, cervical and breast cancers, and diabetes, among American Indian populations.

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Dr Frances McLemore Fisk

A practicing obstetrician-gynecologist in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Frances McLemore Fisk, M.D., considers herself an advocate for the rights of the patient and firmly believes in the importance of viewing health care problems within the wider context of each individual’s circumstances.

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Mikak

1700s Inuk woman who travelled to England against her will and became an key figure in diplomatic relations between European traders and Indigenous peoples.

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