Antonia Novello, MD — public health (government), pediatric medicine (nephrology)
Courtesy Antonia C. Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH
When she was sworn in as surgeon general in 1990, Dr. Antonia Novello (b. 1944) became the first female and first Latina to lead the U.S. Public Health Service. Her appointment came after nearly two decades of public service at the National Institutes of Health, where she took a role in drafting national legislation regarding organ transplantation.
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