Beginning in the late 1930s, Dr. Krusen and other pioneering physiatrists held many meetings with the AMA, the ABMS, and other medical specialty boards to gain recognition of the field and to promote the establishment of a separate certifying board. In the early years, physiatric leaders considered forming an autonomous board on their own with hopes that the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) might later recognize it. However, additional support came from the War Department and the U.S. Navy after 1945. Opinions did differ about how such a board should be established and financed. Some thought physical medicine should have specialty status, while others thought physical medicine certification should be a subspecialty of an existing medical specialty.
In early 1947, physiatrists Krusen, Zeiter, and Coulter presented yet another plan to the ABMS for the organization and financing of a specialty board for the field. This time they succeeded, and with support from the AMA, the American Board of Physical Medicine became incorporated on February 27, 1947. Dr. Krusen was named the first chairman. That year, almost 80 physicians took the first board examination in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Isabella Gordon
Birthplace: Keith, Scotland (1901)
Field: Marine Biology
Dr Isabella Gordon was a leading expert in carcinology, the study of crustaceans (crabs and sea spiders were her particular speciality). During her 86 years of life, she worked at the Natural History Museum - no doubt a dream job for many British biology enthusiasts - received an OBE, and became a Fellow of the Zoological Society.
She also had the distinction of meeting with Emperor Hirohito while visiting Japan in 1961. The 'Grand Old Lady of Carcinology' (as she was posthumously dubbed) was invited to the laboratories of the Imperial Household and spoke to the Emperor, who was apparently something of a marine biology enthusiast himself.
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