Francis-McBarnette, Yvette Fay
1926-2016 · Contribution: 1950s-1970s
Pediatric treatment of sickle cell anemia; pioneered prophylactic antibiotic therapy in children with sickle cell disease and ran large-scale pediatric screening programs
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Impact on the world
Pioneered preventive antibiotic use in sickle cell children ~15 years before its effectiveness was formally confirmed; co-founded the Foundation for Research and Education in Sickle Cell Disease (1966) and served on the White House advisory committee whose work led to the 1972 National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act.
Life & background
Jamaican-born American pediatrician and hematology specialist born May 10, 1926 in Kingston, Jamaica; raised in New York. BA and MS in chemistry (Hunter College; Columbia); the second Black woman accepted to Yale School of Medicine, earning her MD in 1950. Directed sickle cell clinics in Queens, NY. Died March 28, 2016.
Sources
- American Society of Hematology; Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
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