List of centenarians (medical professionals)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as medical professionals – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
BagshawElizabeth Bagshaw	1881–1982	100	Canadian physician and director of the first birth control clinic in Canada[1]
BarnesJoseph Barnes	1914–	101	Irish physician[2]
BennettMyra Bennett	1890–1990	100	Canadian nurse[3]
BingRichard Bing	1909–2010	101	German-born American cardiologist[4]
BłeńskaWanda Błeńska	1911–2014	103	Polish physician and missionary[5]
BonnellSadie Bonnell	1888–1993	105	British FANY ambulance driver who won the Military Medal[6]
ConvitJacinto Convit	1913–2014	100	Venezuelan epidemiologist[7]
DenmarkLeila Denmark	1898–2012	114	American pediatrician who helped develop the pertussis vaccine[8]
DepalmaAnthony F. DePalma	1904–2005	100	American orthopedic surgeon, father of Brian De Palma[9]
Douglas-WilsonIan Douglas-Wilson	1912–2013	101	British physician[10]
EnglemanEphraim Engleman	1911–2015	104	American rheumatologist[11]
FahrniGordon S. Fahrni	1887–1995	108	Canadian physician and expert on goitre[12]
FranklandWilliam Frankland	1912–	104	British immunologist[13]
GodberSir George Godber	1908–2009	100	Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom[14]
HartPhilip D'Arcy Hart	1900–2006	106	British epidemiologist[15]
HäßlerErich Häßler	1899–2005	106	German pediatrician[16]
HolyokeEdward Augustus Holyoke	1728–1829	100	American physician[17]
Jones, HowardHoward W. Jones	1910–2015	104	American gynecological surgeon and in vitro fertilization specialist[18]
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	1911–2012	100	Australian medical practitioner and surgeon[19]
KelseyMavis Kelsey	1912–2013	101	American internist and clinic founder[20]
KernDavid Morris Kern	1909–2013	103	American pharmacist and businessman[21]
MyrickHannah Myrick	1871–1973	101–102	American superintendent of the New England Hospital for Women and Children[22]
Oldham KelseyFrances Oldham Kelsey	1914–2015	101	Canadian-born American pharmacologist[23]
PlattSir Harry Platt, 1st Baronet	1886–1986	100	English orthopaedic surgeon, President of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons of England[24]
RasettiFranco Rasetti	1901–2001	100	Italian physician[25]
RobertsonJennie Smillie Robertson	1878–1981	103	Canadian physician, first female surgeon in Canada[26]
RohmerPaul Rohmer	1876–1977	100	French pediatrician and biologist[27]
SempleAndrew Best Semple	1912–2013	101	British medical officer[28]
TangTang Yuhan	1913–2014	101	Hong Kong oncologist[29]
UglovFyodor Uglov	1904–2008	103	Russian surgeon[30]
YlppoArvo Ylppö	1887–1992	104	Finnish pediatrician[31]

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