マーサ・スチュワートさんのインスタグラム写真 - (マーサ・スチュワートInstagram)「In honor of #blackhistorymonth, we’re spotlighting Dr. Patricia Bath, who made history as the first African American to complete an ophthalmology residency in 1973. She also became the first African American female doctor to earn a medical patent in 1988 after her creation of the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatments. • Dr. Bath was born in 1942 in Harlem, New York, and she developed a fascination for the world of medicine at an early age. The scholar earned a spot at a cancer research workshop with the National Science Foundation when she was 16. She graduated from high school in two years and went on to Hunter College to receive her bachelor’s degree and Howard University’s School of Medicine to earn her medical degree. During her residency in ophthalmology at Columbia University, she noticed that Black patients had higher rates of blindness and glaucoma. It became her mission to create more treatment opportunities for African Americans through community ophthalmology, which offered primary care to underserved populations, and future treatments through her Laserphaco Probe invention. . She later moved to California and became the first female ophthalmology faculty member in the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. Dr. Bath also co-created the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, founded on the principle that "eyesight is a basic human right." Thanks to her innovations and stance in the field, she has made eye care more accessible for all.」3月1日 5時31分