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"Patricia is best-known as the inventor of the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment that she patented in 1986. She was also the first African American to ever complete a residency in Ophthalmology in 1973.
Patricia also became the first female faculty member at the Department of Opthalmology at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute. She would also establish the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in 1976.
During her fellowship in Ophthalmology at Columbia University, she discovered that African Americans were more likely to suffer from blindness and significantly more likely to develop glaucoma than other patients. "
