Dr. Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist from New York, but living in Los Angeles when she received her patent, became the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dr. Patricia Bath holds many "first" titles, shattering the glass ceiling through decades of hard work and perseverance. She was the first ...

Patricia Bath, who helped pave the way for a generation of black female ophthalmologists, died May 30 at a hospital in San Francisco. She was 76. She was the first African American female doctor to ...

She didn’t set out to be the first Black woman to invent or achieve a feat. But she did that and more. In fact, Patricia Bath became the first person — not woman — to invent and demonstrate laserphaco ...

Reporting from San Francisco — Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering UCLA ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent after she invented a more precise ...

Noted ophthalmologist and inventor Patricia Bath, MD, died May 30 from cancer-related complications, Time reports. She was 76. Dr. Bath was the first African American female clinician to receive a ...

The Black Health & Wellness Pioneers series for Black History Month is an enlightening and inspirational journey through time that recognizes and celebrates Black individuals’ invaluable contributions ...

The National Inventors Hall of Fame will induct two Black women for the first time in the organization's nearly 50-year history. Engineer Marian Croak and ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath, whose ...

The National Inventors Hall of Fame lineup is full of familiar faces: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers and Eli Whitney, along with many other mostly White men. Joining them in ...

NEW YORK — Patricia E. Bath, an ophthalmologist who took a special interest in combating blindness in underserved populations and along the way became the first black female doctor to patent a medical ...