Elizabeth Ramsey
Biography Key Medical Contributions Utero-Placental-Fetal Circulation Major Publications References
Tag Female Medical Pioneer
Rebecca C. Lancefield
Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) was an American bacteriologist. Eponym: Lancefield groups - serological classification of beta haemolytic streptococci
Rita G. Harper
Rita Gilman Harper (1934 - ) American pediatrician. Harper syndrome (1967) synonym for Seckel syndrome or microcephalic primordial dwarfism
Liliane Schnitzler
Liliane Schnitzler (1938 - ) French dermatologist. Schnitzler syndrome (1972, 1974)
Francoise Goutières
Françoise Goutières French pediatric neurologist. Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (1984)
Marlis Tolksdorf
Marlis Tolksdorf (1924 - 1997) German cytogeneticist. Eponymously remembered for her description of Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome in 1973
Selma A. Myhre
Selma Ann (née Myhre) Hageman (1937 - 2012) was an American pediatrician. Myhre syndrome (1981)
Judith A. Diesendruck
Judith Abarbanel Diesendruck (1920 - 2007) was a Russian-American bacteriologist. Nelson-Diesendruck basal medium (1950)
Funtabulous International Women’s Day
Some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF, introducing the Funtabulous International Women's Day Quiz for 2019 with Dr Colleen Taylor
James Barry (Margaret Ann Bulkley)
Biography Key Medical Contributions 1826 – Performed first recorded successful caesarean section (in the English-speaking world) with survival of both mother and child Controversies Major Publications References