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Carol Johnson Johns, MD — education (teaching), internal medicine (pulmonology)

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Dr. Carol J. Johns (1923–2000) was a world-renowned expert on lung disease. For nearly 50 years, she was a dedicated researcher, educator, and advocate for women’s careers in medicine. She became an international authority on tuberculosis and sarcoidosis, a chronic disease that develops lesions in the lungs, lymph nodes, bones, skin, and other tissues throughout the body. She was the first woman member of the American Clinical and Climatological Association in its 105-year history, and in 1994, became its first woman president.

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