About the Header Images

Below are descriptions of and credits for the images used in our header. Images are listed in order from left to right.

1. S. Josephine Baker, M.D., Dr. P.H., was a prominent public health physician during the first half of the 20th century.
   Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-058326, ca. 1920
2. Nina Starr Braunwald, M.D., M.S., shown in this 1960 photo, was one of the first women to train as a general surgeon at New York's Bellevue Hospital. A pioneer in the field of heart surgery, she led the team that was the first to implant a prosthetic heart valve, which she also designed.Eugene Braunwald, M.D.
3. Dr. Susan Briggs (second from right) with a U.S. burn team near Ufa, Russia, June, 1989. Dr. Briggs founded the International Medical Surgical Response Team in 2000 to respond to natural and manmade disasters.Susan M. Briggs, M.D., M.P.H.
4. Dr. May Edward Chinn examining a young patient, 1930. Dr. Chinn graduated from medical school in 1926 and practiced medicine in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City for 50 years.George B. Davis, Ph.D.
5. Dr. Sharon M. Malotte was the first Native American from Nevada to become a physician.Sharon M. Malotte, M.D., photograph by d'Joyce Bismarck, 1986
6. Dr. Linda Shortliffe earned board certification in urology in 1983, when there were only 15 women urologists in the U.S. Now there are more than two hundred.Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe, M.D., 2000