Interview with Jacqueline A. Noonan, December 5, 2008
Project: University of Kentucky Medical Center: College of Medicine 50th Anniversary Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Dr. Jacqueline A. Noonan (Chairman of Pediatrics 1974-1992) was a pediatric cardiologist, one of the original hires at the College of Medicine, and led the regional pediatric health clinics for years. She discusses the clinics, and the changes in pediatric care over the past fifty years. Specifically she talks about the impact the clinics have had on the people in eastern Kentucky, and the role of education in the clinics. She also recounts her discovery of Noonan's Syndrome, and its acceptance in the academic community. She recounts her personal experience as a woman, and the changing perception of women in medicine.Interview Accession
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cardiology Healthcare heart clinics Kentucky Noonan syndrome patients Pediatrics ruralInterview LC Subject
Cardiology Community Health Services--Kentucky Kentucky. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs Noonan Syndrome Noonan, Jacqueline A. Noonan, Jacqueline A.--Interviews Pediatric cardiology Pediatrics Public health Rural health clinics--Kentucky Rural health--Kentucky University of Kentucky University of Kentucky. College of Medicine University of Kentucky. College of Medicine--History University of Kentucky. Dept. of Pediatrics University of Kentucky. Dept. of Pediatrics. Division of Pediatric Cardiology University of Kentucky. Medical Center--History Women in medicineInterview Rights
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Noonan, Jacqueline A. Interview by Karen Clancy. 05 Dec. 2008. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Noonan, J.A. (2008, December 05). Interview by K. Clancy. University of Kentucky Medical Center: College of Medicine 50th Anniversary Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Noonan, Jacqueline A., interview by Karen Clancy. December 05, 2008, University of Kentucky Medical Center: College of Medicine 50th Anniversary Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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