Patricia Bath: Inventor Doctor Diva

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A Salute to DR. PATRICIA E. BATH, M.D. Inventor of the Cataract Laserphacoprobe The Cataract Laserphacoprobe is the medical instrument to remove cataracts from the eye. Dr. Bath was the first Black Female Surgeon appointed to UCLA in 1975, and is credited with the founding of the Student National Medical Association along with other Howard University students, and was its first president. Together with associates and colleagues, Dr. Bath founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness and with limited funding provided free vision screening services to undeserved communities.      Dr. Bath was a Pioneering Leader in several Areas: · First African American woman surgeon at Drew Medical School · First Woman Program Director (Chief) of a Postgraduate training program · First Woman Chair of Ophthalmology in the history of the United States from 1983-1986, Drew-UCLA Residency Program · First Woman Faculty Ophthalmologist of UCLA Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute with her appointment in 1975 · First Woman elected to the Honorary Medical Staff of UCLA Medical Center upon her retirement in 1993 · Elected to Hunter College Hall of Fame in 1988 Elected as Howard University Pioneer in Academic Medicine in 1993. Dr. Patricia E. Bath another Living Legend!

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