Monday, May 31, 2021

Dr. Patricia Era Bath was an American ophthalmologist

American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness

 

 Dr. Patricia Era Bath 

(November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019)

 

Blindness studies and community ophthalmology

 

Based on her research, she pioneered the worldwide discipline of "community ophthalmology" in 1976[26] after observations of epidemics rates of preventable blindness among under-served populations in urban areas in the US as well as under-served populations in "third-world" countries.[23][27]

 

  Community ophthalmology was described as a new discipline in medicine promoting eye health and blindness prevention through programs utilizing methodologies of public health, community medicine and ophthalmology to bring necessary eye care to under-served populations.[4]

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