Dr Sharon M Malotte
Dr. Sharon Malotte was the first indigenous Nevadan to become a doctor in 1989.
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Dr Shirley F Marks
In 1973, Dr. Shirley Marks was the first Spelman College alumna, and only the second African American woman in twenty-three years to graduate from Harvard Medical School.
Dr Susan Potts Sloan
Dr. Susan Sloan co-founded the Intertribal Alliance of Medical Students in Minneapolis in 1996 and served as its first president.
Dr Susan Veronica Karol
Dr. Susan Karol was first woman of the Tuscarora Indian Nation to become a surgeon in 1988 and the first woman to be made chief of surgery at Beverly Hospital in Massachusetts in 1996.
Dr Sylvia M Ramos
Sylvia Ramos, M.D., was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Throughout her career, she focused on breast cancer and the use of ultrasound for diagnostic procedures and the role of peer support on quality of life and outcomes for cancer survivors.
Dr Teresa Ramos
Dr Teresa Ramos is a leading figure in the Hispanic medical community and has worked as a physician, medical director, and health care cultural competency consultant.
Dr Terri L Young
Pediatric ophthalmologist Terri L. Young, M.D., has researched the molecular genetics of myopia to help find better treatments for eye disorders.
Dr Theresa Loya
With board certifications both in anatomic and clinical pathology and in internal medicine, Dr Loya seeks to help the poor and underserved with cancer prevention strategies as well as early detection and intervention for those who already have the disease.
Dr Ruth Marguerite Easterling
Dr. Ruth Marguerite Easterling, pathologist, worked with William Augustus Hinton, the African American physician who developed the Hinton test for syphilis. She also served on the staff of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital in Alabama, and was director of laboratories at the Cambridge Massachusetts City Hospital.
Dr Sara K Dye
Pursuing her goal of reducing the number of diabetes-related amputations for Native American populations, Dr. Sara Dye directed the first non-invasive vascular laboratory for the Indian Health Service in 1984.