Benacerraf
Britishnoun
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One of them, Dr. Laura E. Riley, the chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, described Dr. Benacerraf in an interview as “incredibly brilliant” and “a great teacher.”
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
For 10 years after opening her practice, Dr. Benacerraf said in the oral history interview, she was effectively the only doctor in the Boston area who specialized in prenatal ultrasound.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
In addition to her son and her husband, a cardiologist and a professor of cardiovascular medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Benacerraf is survived by her daughter, Brigitte Benacerraf Libby, and three grandchildren.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
She also called Dr. Benacerraf a “trailblazer” in using ultrasound in the service of women’s reproductive health — in most instances to reassure expectant mothers.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022
Dr. Benacerraf, the son of a textile merchant who had hoped he would carry on the family business, was president of the institute and there from 1980 to 1991.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2011
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