Virginia Apgar, M.D. (June 7, 1909 - August 7, 1974) is a doctor who specialised in anesthesia and childbirth and who introduced the first test, called the Apgar score, to assess the health of newborn babies.

She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1929, and the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1933.

In 1949, Dr. Apgar became the first woman to become a full professor at Columbia P&S. In 1959, she earned a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins University.

In 1953, she introduced the first test, called the Apgar score, to assess the health of newborn babies. It is administered one minute and five minutes after birth, and sometimes also at 10 minutes.

In 1994, she was commemorated on a U.S. postal stamp which describe her as "Physician".

External links

• Mount Holyoke biography
• Columbia biography
• MIT biography
• PBS
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• Changing the Face of Medicine
• Full biography on WhoNamedIt.com
• Grandnephew's memorial page at apgar.net

American scientists | American physicians | Anesthesiologists | 1909 births | 1974 deaths | Women physicians | Mount Holyoke College alumnae | Columbia University alumni

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