The National Inventors Hall of Fame will induct two Black women for the first time in the organization's nearly 50-year history. Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath, whose ...

Noted ophthalmologist and inventor Patricia Bath, MD, died May 30 from cancer-related complications, Time reports. She was 76. Dr. Bath was the first African American female clinician to receive a ...

The National Inventors Hall of Fame lineup is full of familiar faces: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers and Eli Whitney, along with many other mostly White men. Joining them in ...

Dr. Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist from New York, but living in Los Angeles when she received her patent, became the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention.

Dr. McDonogh (1821-1893) was the first black ophthalmologist in the United States. He was born into slavery in New Orleans. He studied at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania to prepare for future ...

Patricia E. Bath, an ophthalmologist and laser scientist, is an innovative research scientist and advocate for blindness prevention, treatment and cure. Her accomplishments include the invention of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to ...

The National Inventors Hall of Fame will induct two Black women for the first time in the organization's nearly 50-year history. Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath, whose ...

Ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath and computer engineer Marian Croak will join the likes of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Steve Jobs. The National Inventors Hall of Fame, which celebrates ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent after she invented a more precise treatment of cataracts ...