Virginia Apgar - Wikipedia
Virginia Apgar (June 7, 1909 – August 7, 1974) was an American physician, [1] [2] obstetrical anesthesiologist [3] and medical researcher, [4] best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. [5]
Changing the Face of Medicine | VirginiaApgar - National …
Virginia Apgar, M.D., the first woman to become a full professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, designed the first standardized method for evaluating the newborn's transition to life outside the womb—the Apgar Score.
Biographical Overview | Virginia Apgar - Profiles in Science
It has been said that every baby born in a modern hospital anywhere in the world is looked at first through the eyes of Dr. Virginia Apgar. Her simple, rapid method for assessing newborn viability, the "Apgar score," has long been standard practice.
Virginia Apgar’s Legacy Continues, 50 Years After Her Death
2024年8月13日 · Few Columbia medical school graduates or faculty members have left as indelible an imprint on medicine and medical history as Virginia Apgar. She graduated from what is now the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1933 …
Dr. Virginia Apgar: Changing perceptions in medicine
2017年2月13日 · One morning in 1952, when anesthesiologist Dr. Virginia Apgar was eating breakfast in a hospital cafeteria, a medical student commented on the need for a way to assess how well a baby has endured...
Virginia Apgar, M.D. - March of Dimes
Virginia Apgar, MD, (1909-1974) was an obstetrical anesthesiologist who was instrumental in redirecting the March of Dimes' mission in the 1960s from polio to birth defects and other infant health problems such as preterm birth.
Dr. Virginia Apgar: The woman behind the Apgar Score
Apgar became the first woman full professor at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1949. She researched the effects of maternal anesthesia on newborns and...
Virginia Apgar (1909-1974): The Mother of Neonatal Resuscitation
Dr. Virginia Apgar was an American anesthesiologist and researcher who heavily influenced the development of neonatal resuscitation in the immediate postpartum period with her simple five-point scoring system.
Virginia Apgar | Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Virginia Apgar (VP&S ‘33) was a pioneering clinician, researcher, and educator. After majoring in zoology at Mount Holyoke College, she entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and graduated 4th in her class of 90.
Virginia Apgar & the Apgar Score—The Doctor Who Saved Babies - TIME
2016年8月29日 · Apgar is best known as the creator of a simple test that changed the course of neonatology—the care of newborn infants—forever. But because she was a woman, her groundbreaking career was born...