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Name:______________________Influential Women in AnesthesiologyI was the first woman to head a specialty division at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (New York—Presbyterian Hospital) and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Throughout much of the 1940s, I was an administrator, teacher, recruiter, coordinator and practicing physician. I was best known as the inventor of a scoring system to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. Who am I? ___________________________________ An 1896 medical school graduate of the University of California, I was the first West Coast physician known to practice anesthesia. I made many advances during my long career, founding the first section on anesthesia in a state medical society, getting a state law passed requiring anesthesia be taught in medical schools, serving as president of the Associated Anesthetists of the US and Canada in 1932, being the first faculty member and first clinical professor of anesthesia at UC, and by writing numerous papers.Who am I? ___________________________________ As a graduate of Baylor College of Medicine, I played a major role in the development of the ASA and ASAPAC. I was active in TMA, AMA and ASA. I was elected as ASA First-Vice President in 1989 due to my significant involvement with ASA Legislative Conferences, and later became ASA President. As President during the creation of the ASAPAC, I insisted on making the first contribution.Who am I? ___________________________________ I graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1904. I am often credited as the first female anesthesiologist in the United States, as well as the first physician in Texas, to use gas (Nitrous Oxide, and later Ethylene) anesthesia. In 1925, I presented the paper "Insulin-Glucose in the Prevention of Postanesthetic Vomiting" at the fourth annual meeting of the Southern Association of Anesthetists, describing the success of my trial use of insulin-glucose to counteract vomiting due to anesthetics used during surgery. The paper was subsequently published in the April 1926 Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia. I cofounded the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA), and was president of TSA in the 1940s. In 1952, I was elected as an honorary member of the Texas Medical Association, and in 1961, was chosen as an honorary member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.Who am I? ___________________________________ I was one of two female graduates from my medical school class of 128, and one of the few female anesthesiologists at the time I entered practice in 1957. I performed and published several significant research projects in pediatric anesthesiology. I also founded an ecological center devoted to environmental education in central Ohio, which serves over 5,000 children annually.Who am I? ___________________________________ I graduated from the University of Bern in 1937 but later moved to the United States, where I began postgraduate training at the Beth Israel Hospital. I eventually became the director of obstetric anesthesia at the hospital until 1955. I am known as the mother of obstetric anesthesia for my leading role in developing obstetric anesthesiology as a specialty. I pioneered the use of epidural injections to ease women's pain during childbirth, and I was the founding editor of Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, a quarterly journal summarizing world literature on the subject. Despite fierce opposition from the most conservative social and religious quarters, I succeeded in transforming obstetric anesthesia.Who am I? ___________________________________ I was one of the initial healthcare leaders who concentrated on increasing quality and safety of anesthesia. I was the first Anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic, and later developed the Department of Anesthesiology at what became Rush Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. I was one of the first female physicians at Mayo and the first woman appointed to the medical staff at Presbyterian Hospital. Analyzing morbidity and mortality in anesthesia, evaluating old and new anesthetics, discussing medicolegal problems, and developing equipment were some of the areas in which I pioneered to improve in the practice of anesthesiology.Who am I? ___________________________________ I am a Vanderbilt faculty alum who is now the current chair at Columbia. ?I am credited with starting their anesthesia research training program.Who am I? ___________________________________Recently, I became the first female chair at Mass General, one of the most influential modern academic anesthesia departments.Who am I? ___________________________________ Recently, I became the first female chair at Johns Hopkins. Who am I? ___________________________________ ................
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