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Carolyn Lopez; 52 Chairman, Department of Family Practice, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital.(100 Most Influential Women)(Brief Article)
Crain's Chicago Business, June, 2004 by Bennett, Lisa K.
Byline: LISA K. BENNETT Carolyn Lopez likes being a family practitioner-so much so that she encourages others to get into the field. She helped create programs at the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (she was its first female president) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (where she was the first woman elected speaker) to mentor students considering family medicine as a career option.
Dr. Lopez herself didn't need much of a nudge. "I knew I wanted to be a doctor when I was 10 years old," she says. "I contracted whooping cough and was confined to bed for several weeks without much else to do but read." The book that inspired her most: a biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female physician in the U.S. Today, Dr. Lopez manages a team...
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