When did patricia bath die

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. 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