Aagot Løken
Aagot Christie Løken (1911–2007), Norwegian paediatrician; Senior–Løken syndrome, linking juvenile nephronophthisis with retinal dystrophy.
Jenny Stuart-Smith
Graduated from Cardiff Medical School in 2017 with MBBCh and BSc in Psychology and Medicine. Currently working as a doctor in the emergency department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia.
Ina Mae Gaskin
Ina Mae (née Middleton) Gaskin (1940 - ) American midwife. Gaskin (all-fours) manoeuvre 1976; The Farm
Alan Rubin
Alan Judah Rubin (1923-2011) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. Rubin Manoeuvre (1964) shoulder dystocia
William Zavanelli
William Angelo Zavanelli (1926 - ) American obstetrician and gynaecologist. Zavanelli Manoeuvre (1978) in shoulder dystocia
William McRoberts
William Alexander McRoberts Jr (1914-2006) was an American obstetrician and gynaecologist. McRoberts Manoeuvre (1983) in shoulder dystocia
Where are all the Women?
Hypothesis: Women are underrepresented in the realm of medical eponyms. Deep dive into eponymythology, and the roiling ocean of gender imbalance.
Priscilla White
Priscilla White (1900 - 1989) was an American physician. White Classification of Diabetes in Pregnancy (1949, 1965, 1978)
Pirkko Santavuori
Pirkko Santavuori (1933 - 2004) was a Finnish paediatric neurologist. Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) [Santavuori disease]
Kristine Bonnevie
Kristine Elisabeth Heuch Bonnevie (1872 - 1948) was a Norwegian geneticist and zoologist. Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome (1934)
Denise Louis-Bar
Denise Louis-Bar (1914 - 1999) was a Belgian neuropathologist. Louis-Bar syndrome (1941), ataxia-telangiectasia
Lisa Welander
Lisa Welander (1909 - 2001) was a Swedish neurologist. Sweden's first professor of neurology. Welander distal myopathy; Wohlfart-Kugelberg-Welander syndrome
Edith Potter
Edith Louise Potter (1901 - 1993) was an American pediatric pathologist. Potter facies (1946); Potter syndrome; Potter syndrome; Potter sequence; and the Potter classification of polycystic kidney disease (1964)