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Also: United States: People: By occupation: Physicians / Women scientists: Women physicians This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American physicians . It includes physicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.. Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3]
Ralph Paffenbarger (1922–2007) — conducted classic studies demonstrating conclusively that active people reduce their risk of heart disease and live longer; George Papanicolaou (1883–1962) — Greek pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection; inventor of the Pap smear; Paracelsus (1493–1541) — founder of toxicology
Fictional female doctors (127 P) A. Women anesthesiologists (64 P) C. Women cardiologists (57 P) D. Women dermatologists (35 P) E. Women emergency physicians (3 P) F.
Pages in category "Fictional female doctors" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Joan Refshauge (1906–1979) was the first female doctor appointed to Papua New Guinea by the Australian government in 1947. [147] [148] Henriette Bùi Quang Chiêu (1906–2012) was the first female doctor in Vietnam. [149] [150] Sophie Redmond (1907–1955) became the first female doctor in Suriname after graduating from medical school in ...
Velma Scantleburry-White is the first African-American female transplant surgeon in the United States [143] Rosalyn P. Scott in 1977 became the first African American woman trained in the practice of thoracic surgery. [144] Doris Shockley in 1955 became the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in pharmacology. [145]