Kornelija Sertić

Kornelija Sertić was the first woman to graduate from the School of Medicine in Zagreb, in 1923. The school opened in 1917.[1][2][3]

Early life

Sertić was born in the Croatian town of Sveti Ivan Zelina (at that time a part of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy). She studied at the Medical Faculty in Graz in 1917. She graduated on November 30, 1923.

Career

Sertić specialized in pediatrics in Zagreb. She became a specialist in tuberculosis and lung diseases, which, at the time, was common in southeastern Europe.

Personal life

In 1932, Sertić married her colleague, pulmonologist and tuberculosis specialist, Stanko Ibler. During World War II she was imprisoned by the Gestapo. She died in 1988.

References

  1. ↑ "Digitalna knjižnica". Library.foi.hr. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Međunarodni dan medicinskih sestara - Moć žena - Ladylike". Ladylike.hr. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  3. ↑ "[Women and medical skill-historic view]. - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
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