Georgeanna Seegar Jones, MD — obstetrics and gynecology (reproductive endocrinology)
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Dr. Georgeanna Seegar Jones (1912–2005) spent a lifetime breaking through the “glass ceiling” of medical research, and making a mark in reproductive medicine and endocrinology. While still a medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Jones completed her groundbreaking research, which showed that the pregnancy hormone (now called chorionic gonadotropin) arose from the placenta rather than from the pituitary, as was previously believed.
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