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 is a leading figure in the Hispanic medical community and has worked as a physician, medical director, and health care cultural competency consultant.
Pediatric ophthalmologist Terri L. Young, M.D., has researched the molecular genetics of myopia to help find better treatments for eye disorders.
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. Vanessa Northington Gamble is a physician and historian of medicine.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Victoria M. Stevens practiced in Globe, Arizona, in the same town where she was born. As a woman physician and a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe, she served as a role model for young women interested in following in her footsteps.
Dr Virginia Davis Floyd makes a difference by extending medical care to underserved populations around the world and integrating indigenous medical traditions with Western methods.
Puerto Rican surgeon
Dr. Sharon Malotte was the first indigenous Nevadan to become a doctor in 1989.
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.