Dr Barbara L Riley
Dr. Barbara Riley is the first person from her hometown of Dillingham, Alaska, to become a physician and the first Alaskan Native appointed to the medical staff at Alaska’s Kanakanak Hospital.
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Dr Barbara Barlow
In 1988, Dr. Barbara Barlow founded the Injury Free Coalition for Kids.
Dr Beatrice Gee
Pediatric hematologist Beatrice Gee, M.D., is assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and practices medicine at the Georgia Sickle Cell Center at Grady Hospital.
Dr Bernadette T Freeland-Hyde
Dr. Bernadette Freeland-Hyde has served the Salt River Maricopa Indian Community since 1999.
Alice Mary Bush
Important figure in the development of paediatrics in New Zealand
Lenah Higbee
In January 1911, she became the second Superintendent of the Nurse Corps. For her achievements in leading the Corps through the First World War, Chief Nurse Higbee was awarded the Navy Cross, the first woman to receive that medal.
Margaret Cruickshank
On 3 May 1897 she became the first New Zealand woman to register as a doctor and subsequently to engage in general medical practice. For the rest of her life, apart from a year’s study overseas, Cruickshank worked in Waimate, where she was made a partner in the practice.
Lieutenant Commander Josephine Beatrice Bowman
In 1908, she joined the newly-established U.S. Navy Nurse Corps as one of its first twenty members. She was promoted to Chief Nurse in 1911. In 1919, she became the first Navy women to serve at sea.
Dr Bertha Van Hoosen
Dr. Van Hoosen was a founder of the American Medical Women’s Association and served as the organization’s first president.
Dr Debi Thomas
Debi Thomas, M.D., grew up wanting to be a champion figure skater and a doctor, and she has succeeded as both. In 1988, she won the bronze Olympic medal and in 1997 she graduated from Northwestern University Medical School.