| LC control no. | no2016106502 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bath, Patricia, 1942-2019 |
| Birth date | 1942-11-04 |
| Death date | 2019-05-30 |
| Place of birth | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Ophthalmology Lasers in surgery Cataract--Laser surgery Blindness--Prevention |
| Affiliation | Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School University of California, Los Angeles Howard University. College of Medicine |
| Profession or occupation | Ophthalmologists Inventors College teachers Medical teaching personnel |
| Found in | Labrecque, Ellen. Patricia Bath and laser surgery, 2017: ecip galley title page (Patricia Bath) Patricia Bath, in Wikipedia, viewed August 9, 2016: (born November 4, 1941 in Harlem, New York City; BA in chemistry from Hunter College in 1964; doctorate from Howard University College of Medicine, 1968; interned at Harlem Hospital Center; invented Laserphaco Probe for use in eye surgery) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bath> New York times WWW site, viewed June 5, 2019 (in obituary published June 4: Patricia E. Bath; b. Patricia Era Bath, Nov. 4, 1942, Harlem; d. Thursday [May 30, 2019], San Francisco, aged 76; ophthalmologist who took a special interest in combating preventable blindness in underserved populations and along the way became the first black female doctor to patent a medical invention, a laser device for treating cataracts) |
| Associated language | eng |
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