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April 03, 2006
Women Leaders in Health Care: Changing the Face of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine's online exhibit, Changing the Face of Medicine, highlights the contributions of women physicians to healthcare. This marvelous exhibit include biographies, photos, personal statements, and interviews with many those several hundred women physicians who are highlighted. The interviews describe their inspirations and mentors, and make for fascinating reading.
National Library of Medicine (with the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health and the American Medical Women's Association): Changing the Face of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/
"Discover the many ways that women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine. The individuals featured here provide an intriguing glimpse of the broader community of women doctors who are making a difference. The National Library of Medicine is pleased to present this exhibition honoring the lives and accomplishments of these women in the hope of inspiring a new generation of medical pioneers."
Highlighted from Michigan are:
- Dr. Alexa Irene Canady (b. 1950)
- Dr. June E. Osborn (b. 1937)
- Dr. Janet Rose Osuch (b. 1948)
- Dr. Marilyn A. Roubidoux (b. 1948)
- Dr. Natalia M. Tanner (b. 1922)
Posted by pfa at April 3, 2006 12:33 PM