U.S. National Institutes of Health

Carol M. Newton, MD — internal medicine (oncology), education (medical informatics), education (teaching)

Courtesy Carol M. Newton, PhD, MD, photograph by Merritt T. Smith

In 1958, Dr. Carol Newton (1925–2014) developed Univac I, C-10 Code, the first computer program to calculate electron therapy treatment. Later, as chairman and professor of Biomathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Newton developed interactive graphics for scientific investigation and cellular-system modeling. A pioneer in the field of medical informatics for over four decades, Dr. Newton blended the arts of medicine, mathematics, and computer science.

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