Kimryn Rathmell, Chief Executive Officer at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, shared on LinkedIn:
“On this inaugural National Women in Medicine Day, I am thinking about the women whose courage, brilliance and persistence have changed the course of medicine. This includes one of Ohio State’s own pioneers, Dr. Bertha Bouroncle.
Dr. Bouroncle came to Ohio State from Peru in 1948, became the university’s first woman to become chief resident in 1953, and, in 1970, became the first woman in Ohio to achieve full professorship at a medical school. Her landmark work identifying hairy cell leukemia and later developing an effective therapy for it alongside her colleagues transformed a once-fatal diagnosis into one of the most treatable blood cancers.
Her legacy lives on, not only in the patients whose lives were changed, but in the generations of physicians, scientists and leaders she inspired. Today is a reminder to celebrate women who have advanced medicine, and to keep building pathways for those who will shape its future.”
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