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LINDA LAUBENSTEIN
Who was Linda Laubenstein?
(May 21,1947)
BIOGRAPHY
Pricilla and George
Laubenstein
Barrington,Rodhe Island
She contracted polio when she was five years old. As a result of the disease, Linda became a paraplegic, that is,
the lower part of her body, including her legs, was paralyzed
Paraplegic
Her parents were instrumental in helping Linda accept her disability
Linda determination and interest in medicine helped her to earn an
undergraduate degree from Barnard College en New YorkCity in 1969.
(1969 to 1978)
New York University School of Medicine
Linda specialized in..
Hematology
Oncology
Her first AIDS case
The patient was a young man who had purple spots behind his ears.
Dr. Laubenstein and one of her colleagues, conductedthe first basic studies of AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma and reported the first cases to theCenters for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, in April 1981.
Dr. Alvin Friedman-Kien
What happened to Dr. Laubenstein in her final days?
In 1990,Dr Laubenstein became very ill with gastroenteritis and resperatory failure.She continued to work until her final days.In August 1992,she died of heart failure at the age 45.
INSPIRATION