Dr. Edyth Schoenrich was the first woman to be appointed to the American Board of Preventive Medicine and played a leading role in the development of one of the premier preventive medicine programs in the US at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Benjy Brooks was the first woman pediatric surgeon in Texas.
1978: Dr. Carolyn Denning was the first woman to chair the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Medical Advisory Council and was the first to organize and initiate a multidisciplinary team approach to management of the disease.
Dr. Charlotte Silverman built her career in epidemiology at a time when new developments in the filed brought many benefits and unkown risks. As an associate chief at the Food and Drug Administration she helped test and monitor these innovations and their long-term consequences.
1977: Dr. Edithe J. Levit was the first woman president and chief executive officer of a national medical association, the National Board of Medical Examiners.
From 1973 to 1995, she served as chief executive officer and medical director of the Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, D.C.
1888: Dr. Broomall established one of the first clinics for out-practice maternity care in the United States.
1937: Dr. Elise L’Esperance founded the Kate Depew Strang Tumor Clinic (now the Strang Cancer Prevention Center).
As a nurse, vivandière, and “Daughter of the Regiment,” Etheridge cemented herself in US Civil War history as a woman unafraid to provide aid in the heart of a battlefield.
Vivia Belle Appleton, M.D., spent her early career traveling the globe, working to improve the health of children and mothers. Settling in Hawaii in 1925, Dr. Appleton practiced pediatrics there for the next fifty years, receiving widespread recognition for her medical work and community service.