Celebrating America’s women physicians

Photo by Robert Boston

Arts & Sciences senior Sarah April (left), a senior anthropology major in Arts & Sciences, talks with Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D., professor emerita of medicine, as they look at the “Changing the Face of Medicine” exhibit at the Bernard Becker Medical Library. Purkerson took part in a panel discussion Sept. 3 on women’s careers in medicine. The panel also included Patricia L. Cole, M.D., associate professor of clinical medicine; Dayna S. Early, M.D., associate professor of medicine; and Lisa Moscoso, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics; and was moderated by Walton O. Schalick III, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medical history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.