https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb en-us 2016-02-10 00:23:54 UTC 2026-01-09 14:49:46 UTC hello@padlet.com kesslerlyndsey1 https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94215958 Patricia bath (1942-)]]> 2016-02-10 00:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94215958 kesslerlyndsey1 https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94216276 Patricia Bath was born in Harlem, New York, on November 4, 1942.]]> 2016-02-10 00:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94216276 kesslerlyndsey1 https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94216431  Patricia Bath became the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology in 1973.]]> 2016-02-10 00:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94216431 kesslerlyndsey1 https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94216613  Patricia Bath became the first female faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at UCLA.]]> 2016-02-10 00:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94216613 kesslerlyndsey1 https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94217103 Patricia Bath co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.]]> 2016-02-10 00:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94217103 kesslerlyndsey1 https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94217529 After graduating from high school in only two years, Bath headed to Hunter College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1964.]]> 2016-02-10 00:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94217529 kesslerlyndsey1 https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94218581

Patricia Bath was able to overcome racism and poverty, and become an important contributing member to the ophthalmology medical field. She was the first woman on faculty at the Eye institute. She also founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness. Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, which is a device that improves on the use of lasers to remove cataracts. Lastly, she also devised a method for using ultrasound technology to treat cataracts.]]> 2016-02-10 00:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kesslerlyndsey1/rbqxg7gemslb/wish/94218581