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Medicine · 1942–2019

Patricia Bath

Ophthalmologist, inventor, and academic, Patricia Bath was the first African American woman to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first to be awarded a medical patent. Her Laserphaco Probe, patented in 1988, uses a laser to dissolve cataracts more safely than earlier techniques and restored sight to patients who had been blind for decades. She founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.

“The ability to restore sight is the ultimate reward.”

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