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          Patricia Bath

          First African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention

          Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian.

          She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center.

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          5. Bath was the first African-American to serve as a resident in ophthalmology at New York University. She was also the first African-American woman to serve on staff as a surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose.[1] A holder of five patents,[2] she founded the non-profit American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in Washington, D.C.[3]

          Early life and education

          Born 1942, in Harlem, New York, Patricia Bath was the daughter of Rupert and G