The National Inventors Hall of Fame will induct two Black women for the first time in the organization's nearly 50-year history. Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath, whose ...
The Black Health & Wellness Pioneers series for Black History Month is an enlightening and inspirational journey through time that recognizes and celebrates Black individuals’ invaluable contributions ...
The National Inventors Hall of Fame will induct two Black women for the first time in the organization's nearly 50-year history. Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath, whose ...
Dr. Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist from New York, but living in Los Angeles when she received her patent, became the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention.
Noted ophthalmologist and inventor Patricia Bath, MD, died May 30 from cancer-related complications, Time reports. She was 76. Dr. Bath was the first African American female clinician to receive a ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent after she invented a more precise treatment of cataracts ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent after she invented a more precise treatment of ...