Dr. Patricia Bath also founded the non-profit American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in Washington, D.C.

 

 Dr. Patricia Era Bath 

(November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019)

 

Blindness studies and community ophthalmology

Based on her observations at Harlem Hospital, Dr. Bath published the first scientific paper showing the higher prevalence of blindness among Blacks.^[23][24] 

Dr. Bath also found that African American people had eight times higher prevalence of glaucoma as a cause of blindness.^[25]