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Gloria Elizabeth Sarto, MD — research (human genetics), administration (medical association presidents)

Courtesy University of Wisconsin Center for Women’s Health & Women’s Health Research

Dr. Gloria Sarto (b. 1929), whose specialty is obstetrics and gynecology, also has a PhD in medical genetics. She has had an illustrious research career and holds two patents for processes in genetic research she co-invented. She has also chaired departments of obstetrics and gynecology at the Universities of Wisconsin and New Mexico, and in 2002, became the first woman to be elected president of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society.

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