Dr. Patricia Gordon, CureCervicalCancer

2021 TOP 10 CNN HERO

Radiation oncologist Dr. Patricia Gordon left her Beverly Hills practice to bring life-saving medical care to women in some of the most remote regions across the globe. Cervical cancer is almost 100% preventable, but is killing hundreds of thousands of women in resource-poor countries where healthcare is not accessible. Using the “See and Treat” method, a simple and fast way to screen and treat precervical cancer, Gordon and her nonprofit CureCervicalCancer have screened more than 150,000 women and treated more than 8,600. She has established 106 sustainable clinics and trained nearly 700 nurses all over the world. Often, Gordon and her team bring in equipment and supplies and leave trained nurses with a “clinic in a suitcase” to take to remote areas to reach more women.

 

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