Katharine Boucot Sturgis, MD — internal medicine (pulmonology), research, education (teaching)
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After entering the University of Pennsylvania’s premedical course in 1922, it took Dr. Katharine Sturgis (1903–1987) nearly 20 years to complete her medical education. By the end of her career, Dr. Sturgis was considered a pioneer in pulmonary research, with approximately 100 publications to her credit, including important work on the correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
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