Dr. Gloria Sarto, whose specialty is obstetrics and gynecology, also has a Ph.D. in medical genetics. She has had an illustrious research career and holds two patents for processes in genetic research she co-invented. She has also chaired departments of obstetrics and gynecology at the universities of Wisconsin and New Mexico, and in 2002 became the first woman to be elected president of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society.
Gloria Elizabeth Sarto trained as a nurse before enrolling in college and worked as a staff nurse at St. Luke's Hospital in Racine, Wisconsin for a year after qualifying. She then decided to enroll at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she completed premedical requirements and earned a bachelor of science degree, graduating in 1955. She went straight on to the medical school at the university, graduating with a doctor of medicine degree in 1958. Dr. Sarto completed an internship at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital in Ohio and then returned to Wisconsin for a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospital in Madison.
In 1963, Dr. Sarto became an instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin. Over the next decade, she rose in seniority in the department, while also working on a Ph.D. in medical genetics. In 1971 she received her doctorate, and a year later, (just nine years after joining the department) was named associate chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology. After becoming a full professor in 1975 Dr. Sarto moved to Northwestern University in Chicago, as professor and assistant chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology.
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