Children's Books
The Doctor With an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath
- Item Number
- 181
- Estimated Value
- 18 USD
- Sold
- 18 USD to gnawedpen
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
The Doctor With an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath
If you like to think big, but some say you’re too small, or they say you’re too young or too slow or too tall... Meet Dr. Bath ÂÂthe scientist who never lost sight of her dreams!
Hardbound, Oversized, Beautifully Illustrated, 24 pages - they all rhyme.
The National Women's History Project is proud to have has Dr. Patricia Bath as a member of the National Women's History Project's Board of Directors.
Dr. Patricia Bath is a scientist and inventor. She was the first to invent and demonstrate laserphaco cataract surgery and was recognized as a pioneer in laser history. Professor Bath’s road to achievement started as a teenage NSF awardee researching cancer at Yeshiva University and Harlem Hospital. She later graduated from Howard University College of Medicine in 1968 and completed ophthalmology residency and fellowships at NYU and Columbia University. In 1974 Dr. Bath moved to California accepting positions at both UCLA and Drew Universities. With her appointment at UCLA in 1974, she became the 1st woman ophthalmologist on the faculty at UCLA.
She has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors and is a member of the Medical Honor Society, the AOA. She advocates for the blind and disabled through the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness (www.blindnessprevention.org) which she co-founded. Always an advocate for the disenfranchised since her undergraduate civil rights work with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Alpha Kappa Alpha, she continues her advocacy for women’s rights.
Dr. Bath wishes to pass the torch and inspire school kids to choose careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Women in science and medicine still face discrimination and bias not only in salary and rank but also in recognition. Just like the suffragettes who fought for voting rights Dr. Bath has committed herself to the fight for gender equity and equality for women in STEM and Medicine. She is accessible by email at sciencesuffragette@gmail.com
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