Patricia Era Bath: a community Ophthalmologist

ExploitDriver, Barcelona, Spain

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Abstract

Dr. Patricia Era Bath was not only a medical doctor but also an ophthalmologist, a laser scientist, a surgeon, a researcher, an inventor, an activist, and a humanitarian. She is best known as the inventor of laser cataract removal but also proposed a new discipline in medicine to promote technical, medical, and social aspects of eye care and blindness prevention. As such, she passively and actively allowed millions of people across the world to recover their sight.