Brigid Leventhal
British-American pediatric oncologist
Brigid Gray Leventhal (August 31, 1935 – February 6, 1994) was a British-American pediatric oncologist. She was the first director of the Pediatric Oncology Division at Johns Hopkins University, a position she held from 1976 to 1984. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Early life
Leventhal was born Brigid Gray in 1935 in London. Her family migrated to Los Angeles in 1940 to escape the Blitz. After graduating from Hollywood High School in 1950, she studied for a year at a Swiss boarding school before enrolling at UCLA. She graduated in psychology from UCLA in 1955 and began to study medicine there before transferring to Harvard Medical School. When she graduated from Harvard in 1960, she was one of only six women in her graduating class.
Career
After completing medical school, Leventhal was an intern and pediatric resident at Massachusetts General Hospital. She served as a resident at Boston City Hospital for one year and completed a one-year fellowship in hematology at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.
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