Indiana University School of Medicine Until the 1890s most medical education in the United States occurred at private, proprietary schools. University-based schools with access to… Read More »Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Nursing Indiana University School of Nursing (IUSON) opened its doors in 1914 as the Indiana University Training School for Nurses. Its… Read More »Indiana University School of Nursing
Indianapolis Healthy Babies Consortium The City-County Council established the Marion County Task Force on Infant Mortality in 1988 after data indicated that Indianapolis led… Read More »Indianapolis Healthy Babies Consortium
Indianapolis Medical Society The Indianapolis Medical Society (IMS) was founded in 1848 as the city’s first local medical organization. With an initial membership… Read More »Indianapolis Medical Society
Insulin and Indianapolis have been at the center of insulin production and innovations in diabetes care since immediately after the hormone… Read More »Insulin
Glenn W. Irwin Jr. (Jul. 18, 1920-Aug. 23, 2012). Born in Roachdale, Indiana, Glenn W. Irwin Jr. attended Indiana University. He received a B.S… Read More »Glenn W. Irwin Jr.
Winifred Conrick Kahmann (May 24, 1894-Mar. 31, 1982). An early occupational therapist and an influential champion for the professionalization of the profession in… Read More »Winifred Conrick Kahmann
Amelia R. Keller (Jan. 12, 1871-Jan. 28, 1943). One of the first women physicians to practice in Indianapolis, Keller was born in Cleveland,… Read More »Amelia R. Keller
Helene Elise Hermine Knabe (Dec. 22, 1875-Oct. 24, 1911). Raised in Rügenwalder-Münde (then in Prussia, now Darlowko/Darlowo, Poland), Knabe lost her parents early in… Read More »Helene Elise Hermine Knabe
Vincent A. Lapenta (July 4, 1883-Apr. 20, 1946). Born on the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, the son of an… Read More »Vincent A. Lapenta
