WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PODCAST DR PATRICIA BATH

================================================= Patricia Bath was a groundbreaking Black doctor who invented the Laserphaco Probe, improving treatment for cataract patients. Following her childhood interest in science, she became a doctor and the first Black person train in ophthalmology at Columbia University in 1969. Bath developed innovative ways to expand eye care access to poor communities, including co-founding the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in 1976, which established that “eyesight is a basic human right.” A decade later, she invented the Laserphaco Probe to better treat cataracts. Bath patented the device in 1988, becoming the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent. She died in May 2019 at age 76. In 2022, she became one of the first Black women inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. #womenshistorymonth #blackexcellence #technology #ai ================================================== 🔷(Check out the F.O.C.U.S. PODCAST) 📌https://anchor.fm/lisa-c-phillips 📌https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFW_... ***** LIKE, COMMENT, AND SHARE! *****💝🙏🏾