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Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian. She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center.
Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath will be the first Black women inductees into The National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
Dr. Patricia Bath. Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for TIME ... Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe in 1981 which used lasers to treat cataracts more precisely and less painfully. The invention was able ...
Patricia Bath. The late Patricia Bath, a doctor, ... Bath went on to become the first Black woman ever to receive a medical patent in 1988 for a laser that treats cataracts.
Patricia Bath: 1942 Cataract surgery [610] 2023 Angela Hartley Brodie: 1934 Steroidal aromatase inhibitors [611] 2023 Cyril Keller: 1922 Skid-steer loader [612] 2023 Drew Weissman: 1959 Messenger RNA [613] 2023 Emmanuelle Charpentier: 1968 CRISPR gene editing [614] 2023 James A. Parsons Jr. 1900 Alloy 20 [615] 2023 Jennifer Doudna: 1964 CRISPR ...
Bath, Patricia: 1942–2019 Ophthalmologist: First African-American female physician to receive a patent for a medical invention; inventions relate to cataract surgery and include the Laserphaco Probe, which revolutionized the industry in the 1980s, and an ultrasound technique for treatment [19] [20] [21] Beard, Andrew: 1849–1921
Brown’s invention was inspired by the security risk that her home faced in the neighborhood where she lived in Queens, New York. Marie, a nurse and her husband, Albert, an electronics technician ...