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<b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Author of the Doctors Blackwell to speak at Elizabeth Blackwell Day <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration:underline">Feb. 7.</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">“Janice P. Nimura, author of The Doctors Blackwell, will celebrate Elizabeth Blackwell Day at Upstate Medical University <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration:underline">Wednesday, Feb. 7 at noon</span> in
the Ninth Floor Auditorium of Weiskotten Hall. The event is open to the public.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nimura will discuss her book, The Doctors Blackwell, which tells of the tenacity and vision of sisters, Elizabeth and Emily, who became pioneering physicians.</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Elizabeth
Blackwell earned her medical degree in 1849 from what is now Upstate Medical University becoming the first woman physician in the United States; Emily received her medical degree in 1854 from what is now Case Western Reserve University.</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Doctors Blackwell was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in biography.</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This
year, 2024, marks the 175 anniversary of Elizabeth Blackwell receiving her MD from what is now Upstate.</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cosponsors
of the Nimura’s visit are the student chapter of the American Women Medical Association and AMWA President Sabrina Sun and the Office of the President”</span></p>
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<div>Victoria Meguid MD</div>
<div>Clinical Associate Professor Emerita </div>
<div>Department of Pediatrics</div>
<div>Upstate Medical University</div>
<div>Syracuse, NY 13210</div>
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