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Mary Edwards Walker
First female surgeon in the United States. Also the first female surgeon in the U.S. army as well. -
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Mary Edwards Walker
Thought to be the first female surgeon in the United States. First female surgeon in the U.S. Army too. -
Susan Le Flesche Picotte
First woman of Native American descent to earn a medical degree. -
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Susan Le Flesche Picotte
Very first woman of Native American descent to earn a medical degree. -
Virginia Apgar
Created the Apgar Score for evaluating new born infants health. First woman to earn full professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. -
Antonia Novello
The first woman of Hispanic descent to become Surgeon General of the United States. -
Edna Adan
Opened the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital. In response to help decrease the high rate of maternal and infant mortality. -
Nancy Dickey
Elected to the Institute of Medicine. -
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
Shared the Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of HIV. -
Elizabeth Blackburn
Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. -
Regina Benjamin
Was the current U.S. Surgeon General and founded a health clinic in Alabama. -
Karen Whiting
Global head of new product development at BBI solutions.
