DR.VIRGINIA APGAR @ 100

CELEBRATING DR.VIRGINIA APGAR'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH.
DR. APGAR WAS BORN JUNE 7,1909,WESTFIELD,NEW JERSEY
D.ON AUGUST 7, 1974,NEW YORK,NY.
THE STORY BEGAN BEFORE THE STORY BEGAN.
DR.APGAR,M.D.WAS A SURGEON,ANESTHESIOLOGIST, NEONATOLOGIST/PERINATOLOGIST.SHE ALSO EARNED A M.P.H. DEGREE AND WAS PROFESSOR OF COLUMBIA PRSBYTERIAN AND SLOAN HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN,IN NYC.SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN AT THIS POST.
VIRGINAIA APGAR INTRODUCED 'APGAR SCORE' IN 1952 TO EVALUATE NEWBORN BABY'S HEALTH BY EXAMINATION AND OBSERVATION,AT 1 & 5 MINUTES AND IF NESSARY AT 10 MINUTES OR LONGER.THESE FINDINGS COULD BE CHECKED WITH MNEMONIC ,MADE OF HER LAST NAME:
APPEARENC FOR COLOR,SCORE 2,1,0
PULSE FOR HEART RATE
GRIMMACE OR MUSCLE TONE
APNEA FOR RESPIRATION
REFLEX RESPONSE
IN THIS SCORING SYSTEM,THE LOWER THE SCORE,THE MORE DEPRESSED IS THE INFANT AND SO NEEDS RESUSCITATION.
DR.APGAR TAUGHT US IN EARLY 70'S AT THE MOUNT SINAI MED. SCHOOL AND AFFILIATED HOSPITALS,A FEW YEARS BEFORE HER PRECOCIOUS DEATH.WE APPRECATE HER KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH IN CONTRIBUTING TO WELL BEING OF BABIES AND REDUCING INFANT MORTALITY AROUND THE WORLD.
ONCE DR. APGAR SAID:
"WOMEN ARE LIBERATED FROM THE TIME THEY LEAVE THE WOMB."
SHE WAS RIGHT,AND THEY ARE PROUD OF HAVING THE WOMB TO LIBERATE THE WORLD.
DR.APGAR IS ALWAYS WITH US,IN OUR DAILY LIFE AND PRACTICE.
from : DR.FARAMARZ SOLEIMANI,S MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA,UPDATED 06082009
MOVING SOON TO OUR NEW HOME.