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Patricia E. Bath

Black History Month Project Mrs. Athanasakos. Patricia E. Bath. Biographical Information. 1949 - Born in Harlem , New York Father: Rupert Bath , an educated and well-traveled merchant seaman Mother: Gladys Bath , a homemaker and housecleaner

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Patricia E. Bath

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  1. Black History Month Project Mrs. Athanasakos Patricia E. Bath

  2. Biographical Information • 1949 - Born in Harlem, New York • Father: Rupert Bath, an educated and well-traveled merchant seaman • Mother: Gladys Bath, a homemaker and housecleaner • They taught her to focus on education and believe in her dreams and ideas

  3. Education As a child, she loved books, travel, and science In high school she excelled in biology. At 16, she was chosen to attend a summer program offered by the National Science Foundation at Yeshiva University. While working at Yeshiva, she developed a mathematical equation to predict cancer cell growth.

  4. Education • She finished high school in two and a half years. • Next, she studied chemistry and physics at Hunter College in N. Y. earning her bachelor’s degree in 1964 • She attended medical school at Howard University in Washington, D.C and finished her M.D. in 1968

  5. Education & Interests • 1969 to 1970 - She completed a fellowship in ophthalmology at Columbia University • She brought eye surgery services to Harlem Hospital to help poor African-Americans who were losing their sight • In 1973, she finished her medical training

  6. Career Her main goal became … “To protect, preserve, and restore the gift of sight” for all persons regardless of race, age, or income

  7. Career 1974 – Moved to Los Angles to teach at the University of California 1976 – Co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness 1981 – She developed the Laserphaco Probe to treat patients with cataracts

  8. The Laserphaco Probe

  9. Cataracts & Laserphaco Probe • Cataracts are cloudy areas that develop in the lens inside the eye • The patient’s vision becomes blurry • Cataracts eventually cause blindness

  10. Cataracts & Laserphaco Probe • Cataracts were originally treated with harsh and risky surgery • Dr. Bath developed a new surgical procedure that uses a laser to vaporize cataracts with a tiny (1mm.) incision into the patient’s eye

  11. Major Accomplishments • 1988 - First African-American doctor to receive a patent for a medical device • She holds fourU. S. patents and several international patents from Japan, Canada and some countries in Europe • The Laserphaco Probe has been used overseas since the year 2000

  12. Dr. Patricia E. Bath

  13. References • Biographical Information http://www.biography.com/people/patricia-bath-21038525 • Cataract Information http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157510.php http://www.kellogg.umich.edu/patientcare/conditions/cataract.html • Images http://www.famous-black-inventors.net/patricia-bath.html www.phillipseyecenter.com

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