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Birthdate
Bath was born in Harlem, New York to Rupert Bath a Trinidadian immigrant and Gladys Rupert, a domestic worker. -
School
After she attended Charles Evans Hughes high school she went to Summer Institute in Biomedical Science at Yeshiva University. She studied stress, nutrition, and cancer. -
Graduation
Bath graduated from Hunter College in New York City with a B.S. in chemistry. Four years later, she received her medical degree from Howard University Medical School in Washington, D.C. -
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Training
She completed her training at New York University School of Medicine as the first African American resident in ophthalmology. She also got married to Dr. Beny J. Primm and had a child named Eraka in 1972. -
Surgeon
She worked as a surgeon at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, and as an assistant professor at Charles R. Drew University. -
Blindness
She worked as a surgeon at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute and became the president of the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness. -
Visiting Chief
She became the visiting chief of ophthalmology at Mercy Hospital in Nigeria and held a White House Counsel for a National and International Blindness Prevention Program. -
Work
She worked as chair ophthalmology residency training program and the Department of Ophthalmology of at UCLA Medical Center. She also was the professor of telecommunications at Howard University Hospital and St. George's University. -
Laserphaco
Became the first African-American to receive patent for the Cataract Laserphaco -
Retiring
Bath retired from UCLA Medical Center but continued to advocate for fighting blindness. -
Hall Of Fame
She was admitted into the International Women in Medicine Hall of Fame. -
Death Date
She died of complications from cancer. She was 76
