U.S. National Institutes of Health

Mary Elizabeth Dickason King, MD — diagnostic and therapeutic services (pathology), diagnostic and therapeutic services (anatomic pathology)

Courtesy Mary Elizabeth Dickason King, MD

“Sometimes, choosing a particular career path comes down to something as simple as someone saying: ‘Here, I’ve got this job for you.’ And you do that job and you realize you enjoy it,” said Dr. Mary Elizabeth Dickason King (b. 1926) to explain how she became a pathologist. To keep up with her husband’s medical career, she moved eight times in 40 years. Yet through it all, she managed to balance her pathology practice, teaching, and raising three children.

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