Catherine D. DeAngelis

Since DeAngelis couldn't financially afford medical school she went into a three-year program to become a registered nurse, she graduated in 1960. During her undergraduate years she worked as a nurse and set up an infirmary at Wilkes. DeAngelis also worked in a laboratory, gaining valuable experience in immunology research. She went on to the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, doing lab work, teaching student nurses and working in the V.A. hospital medical library to help cover her expenses. In 1973, she published, Basic Pediatrics for Primary Care Providers.

From 1973 to 1975 she worked as a faculty member at Columbia College of Physicians on improving health care systems in Harlem and upper Manhattan in New York. Dr. DeAngelis was only the twelfth woman in Hopkins' 94 year history to receive the rank of full professor. She was also the first woman to be appointed editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association; she made it a special effort to publish substantive scientific articles on woman's health issues.

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