Women's History Month Featured Leader: Virginia Apgar

In March, we’re featuring an influential woman every day in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Today we’re celebrating:

Virginia Apgar

Physician (1909 – 1974)
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• Obstetrician and pioneer of anesthesiology
• Director of clinical anesthesiology at New York’s Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
• Developed a protocol for checking infants’ vital signs in the delivery room called the Apgar numerical score
• Led research in birth defects for the March of Dimes
• Lifelong music enthusiast who built her own string instruments