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Eileen Niedfield
Eileen Rae Niedfield (June 16, 1920 – March 19, 2007), also known by her religious name Mary Frederic Niedfield , was an American surgeon, general physician, and religious sister of the Medical Mission Sisters. She worked for nearly 40 years in India and for two years in Bhutan. Niedfield was in the first cohort of Georgetown University Medical School alumni that included women, graduating in 1951 as valedictorian and with the highest national board grades in pathology in the United States. In her work in India and Bhutan from 1955 to 1992, she served many Muslims, Muslim women whose husbands and fathers would not allow them to be treated by male doctors. Some of the postings were remote, where people otherwise had no access to medical care. Her work brought her to the attention of Mother Teresa, whose nursing sisters shared training and facilities with her congregation. When she returned to the United States in 1992, Niedfield moved to San Diego to serve HIV/AIDS patients be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Mission Sisters
The Medical Mission Sisters (MMS) is a religious congregation of women in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in September 1925 with a goal of providing better access to health care to poor people around the world. They were formerly known as the "Society of the Catholic Medical Missions." History The MMS congregation grew out of the experiences of Dr. Anna Dengel, who is originally from Austria. Dengel served as a medical missionary for several years in what was then Northern India (modern-day Pakistan). Dengel became convinced that only a group of Religious Sisters who had been professionally trained as physicians could reach the women in that region. Such a project, however, was contrary to the canon law of the time, since it prohibited members of religious institutes from practicing medicine. Dengel made plans for a new community and drew up a constitution for it. She wrote that the members were “to live for God...to dedicate themselves to the service of the sick fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
