Patricia Bath

American ophthalmologist and humanitarian.

“Do not allow your mind to be imprisoned by majority thinking. Remember that the limits of science are not the limits of imagination.”  Patricia Bath

Patricia Bath became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American to serve as a resident in ophthalmology at New York University. She was also the first African-American woman to serve on staff as a surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purposes and founded the non-profit American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in Washington, D.C

Class Teacher - Miss Haywood

Learning Support Assistant - Mrs Munro

PE is on Wednesdays (outdoor) and Fridays (indoor)

Outdoor Learning is on Thursdays. 

Class Email: bath@springmeadow.essex.sch.uk