Yvette Fayá Francis-McBarnette

Born: 1926

Died: 2016

Country of Birth: Jamaica

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Hunter College BA Physics; Columbia University MA Chemistry; Yale School of Medicine MD 1950

Field of Study: Pediatrics

Institution/Corporation: none

Degrees & Memberships: none found

Awards: none found

Achievements: pioneer in treating children with sickle cell anemia.; 1946, 2nd Black female to enroll in Yale School of Medicine; on a White House advisory committee & her recommendations led to the 1972 National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act; 1966, with Drs Doris L. Wethers & Lila A. Fenwick, set up a Foundation for research & Education in Sickle Cell disease; 1971, began using antibiotics prophylactically to treat sickle cell; 1st Black medical intern at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago; established the sickle cell clinic at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, Ny; owned & ran the St. Albans Famiyl Medical Center