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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]
Isabella Epiu is an anesthesiologist and critical care medicine specialist in Uganda, who is reported to be the first female anesthesiologist in the countries of the East African Community, to graduate with a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
She returned to Mbarara University to pursue a Master of Medicine degree in Surgery, the first woman to do so. [9] She was then admitted to Makerere University to pursue a neurosurgical residency at Mulago National Referral Hospital, graduating in 2018.
Also: Uganda: People: By occupation: Health professionals / Scientists: Physicians Wikimedia Commons has media related to Physicians from Uganda . This category is for articles about physicians from the African country of Uganda .
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.
She is the first person and first woman to serve in that position at UIA. [6] In addition to the responsibilities already cited, Kigozi has had the following additional roles: [citation needed] Chief Scout of the Uganda Scouts Association; Associate Professor of Economics at Makerere University
Mattie E. Coleman in 1932, an African American physician, became the first graduate of the dental program at Meharry Medical College. [61] Anna Bailey Coles was the founding dean of Howard University's College of Nursing, created in 1969. [62] M. E. Thompson Coppin was the 10th African American woman to become a medical doctor in the United ...