OPP History 8

1830s grassroots interest group

1st black physician (1783) never attended med school

1st black medical graduate to practice in America (1837) Earned medical degree in Scotland in 1837

1st black male to graduate from an American med school (Rush Medical School; 1847)

Geneva Medical School of Western NY (1847) first woman graduate of American medical school (1849) went to England for clinical training 1851: NYC slum and opened NY infirmary for treatment of women and children

Hahnemann Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania All female medical school opened on Oct 12, 1850 Renamed Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1867) Became co-educational in 1969 Merged with Hahnemann Medical College to become Drexel University College of Medicine

1864 1st black female physician graduated from New England Female Medical College 1865 provided care for freed slaves in Richmond, VA 1880 retired and lived in Boston 1883 published "Book of Medical Discourse"

1st Native American Woman to receive medical degree graduated from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1889) interned at Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia "medical missionary" by Women's National Indian Association Omaha Reservation, Nebraska 1894: married to Picotte

First medical school in American to accept women on completely equal basis with men

1st allopathic medical college to open as co-ed institution

Woman who offered grant of $500,000 to JHUSOM for enrolling women

1st osteopathic woman physician -replaced William Smith, MD, DO as instructor of Anatomy -first female faculty member in DO profession -first editor/publisher of Journal of Osteopathy -founding member of Osteopathic Women's National Association (OWNA) and president 3x -1896: moved to Colorado to become 1st practicing osteopath in state -1897: Western Institute of Osteopathy; 1st woman president of DO college; VP of AAAO [AAAO renamed AOA in 1901] -1898: president of ACO -1917: 1st woman nominated as president of AOA 1st osteopathic physician to serve as member of Colorado Board of Medical Examiners -1925: 1/10 women to represent Colorado at International Council on Women in WA DC; honored by osteopathic profession with prestigious AOA Distinguished Service Certificate for her "Pioneering in Osteopathy as a Profession for Women"

1st historically black allopathic medical college (1868)

2nd black allopathic medical college (1876)

5 out of 7 black medical schools closed 1923 Howard and Meharry only remaining black allopathic med schools

3rd black allopathic medical school in country (1975)

Only black osteopathic medical school (1922) Last black medical school to close in US (1926)

Female American trained DO physician and surgeon in French Hospital Service (WWI) 1st American woman to receive Croix de Guerre

Graduate of PCOM class of 1963 Philadelphia City Council "Ghetto doctor" practicing "Ghetto medicine" -black woman, DO, Republican Secretary of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1978-1981) Died in 1982 at age of 52

President of AOA (1994-1995) 1st black president of major medical association in US

1st female president of AOA (2011) Dean of CCOM of Midwestern U

Senior VP, Provost and Dean of LECOM

VP Of Health Sciences and Medical Affairs NYIT COM at Arkansas State University

Joined order of SNJM in 1955 Confined to wheelchair during 1970s b/c RA Enrolled in Michigan State University COM, class of 1982 1983: heads group of 5 Catholic nuns providing medical care to poorest of poor in Tutwiler, Mississippi AAO named this person as 2012 physician of year

Clinic that charges only what patient can afford to pay Located in Tutwiler, MS depends on outside donations