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This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
Josephine Nambooze (born 1930) (pronunciation ⓘ) is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic, and medical researcher. She is an emeritus professor of public health at Makerere University School of Public Health. Nambooze was the first female East African to qualify as a physician circa 1959. [1]
She went on to study medicine at Mbarara University, followed by internships at the same institution, and at Lira Regional Referral Hospital. [1] She returned to Mbarara University to pursue a Master of Medicine degree in Surgery, the first woman to do so. [ 9 ]
Tu Youyou (born 1930), first Chinese Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine and the first female citizen of the People's Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize in any category (2015). Lucie Lods and Jacqueline Exbroyat (1931–2013) were the first female doctors in New Caledonia. Lods started her practice in 1938, whereas Exbroyat did so ...
Dr Dorothy Lavinia Brown [1] (January 7, 1914 – June 13, 2004 [2]), also known as "Dr. D.", [3] was an African-American surgeon, legislator, and teacher.She was the first female surgeon of African-American ancestry from the Southeastern United States.
Also: Uganda: People: By occupation: Physicians / Women scientists: Women physicians This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Ugandan physicians . It includes physicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is one of six graduate schools of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in downtown Memphis.The oldest public medical school in Tennessee, the UT College of Medicine is a LCME-accredited member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and awards graduates of the four-year program Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees.
Coleman née Howard was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, on July 3, 1870, the oldest of four children of an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister. After completing high school at the Walden University high school, [1] Coleman graduated from Central Tennessee College in 1885. [2] She married the Reverend P. J. Coleman in 1902. [3]