Dorothy Hansine Andersen

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Dorothy Hansine Andersen : biography

May 15, 1901 – March 3, 1963

Dorothy Hansine Andersen (May 15, 1901 – March 3, 1963) was the American physician who was the first person to identify cystic fibrosis and the first American physician to describe the disease.

Andersen died from lung cancer on March 3, 1963 in New York City.

She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2002 for her scientific work.