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Patricia Bath
Patricia Era Bath was an African American ophthalmologist and humanitarian, known for championing a community-focused approach to eye care and for innovations in cataract surgery. She became the first woman to lead a postgraduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American to serve as a residen…
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science · First African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention · ophthalmologist · physician · inventor · researcher · also Patricia Bath, Patricia Era Bath, Bath
Born 4 November 1942 · Died 30 May 2019 · Q7145460
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2026· 10 entries
WMTW: Midcoast Youth Center hosts Set for Success back-to-school event in Bath
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Hometown Stations: Lima Senior rallies past Bath for first volleyball win of the season
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Yahoo Finance: Unlocking Q2 Potential of Bath & Body Works (BBWI): Exploring Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
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Finger Lakes Daily News: Bath Man Arrested for Punching Police Officer
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Stereo Cien: Curt Smith de Tears For Fears busca comprar al equipo de fútbol Bath City FC
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
It was announced that she would be one of the first two black women (along with Marian Croak) to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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2019· 1 entry
Died 2019-05-30.
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2009· 1 entry
Was on stage with President Obama and was appointed to commission for digital accessibility to blind children
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2005· 1 entry
Where cataracts were the main cause of childhood blindness
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2000· 1 entry
Was granted a patent for a method for using pulsed ultrasound to remove cataracts, and in 2003 a patent for combining laser and ultrasound to remove cataracts
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1993· 1 entry
Bath retired from UCLA, which subsequently elected her the first woman on its honorary staff
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1988· 1 entry
And Howard University declared her a "Howard University Pioneer in Academic Medicine" in 1993
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1986· 3 entries
Bath elected to take a sabbatical from clinical and administrative responsibilities and concentrate on research
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Bath conducted research in the laboratory of Danièle Aron-Rosa, a pioneer researcher in lasers and ophthalmology at Rothschild Eye Institute of Paris, and then at the Laser Medical Center in Berlin, where she was able to
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After Bath conducted research on lasers in Berlin and patented in 1988, making her the first African-American woman to receive a patent for a medical purpose
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1983· 1 entry
Bath was appointed Chair of the KING-DREW-UCLA Ophthalmology Residency Program, becoming the first woman in the US to head an ophthalmology residency program
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1981· 1 entry
But did not apply for a patent until several years later
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1976· 2 entries
Co-founded the nonprofit American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in Washington, D
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With Alfred Cannon, an American psychiatrist and community organizer, and Aaron Ifekwunigwe, a Nigerian-born pediatrician and human rights advocate, the organization was created on the principle that "eyesight was a basi
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1974· 1 entry
Joined the faculty of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, making her the first female ophthalmology professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles
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1970· 1 entry
Bath was awarded a one-year fellowship from Columbia University to study and contribute to eye care services at Harlem Hospital
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1968· 2 entries
Studied at Howard University, Doctor of Medicine (1968).
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Spurred Bath to join the Poor People's Campaign
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1964· 2 entries
With a degree in chemistry, and enrolled in Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC
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Studied at Hunter College (1964).
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1960· 1 entry
At the age of eighteen, Bath won a Merit Award from Mademoiselle magazine for her contribution to the project
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1942· 2 entries
Born 1942-11-04.
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In Harlem, New York, Patricia Bath was the daughter of Rupert and Gladys Bath
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