Ivy Evelyn Haslam MD MRCP | |
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| Born | Ivy Evelyn Woodward 30 May 1877 Foots Cray, Kent, England, UK |
| Died | 11 January 1957 (aged 79) London, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | London School of Medicine for Women |
| Known for | First woman member of Royal College of Physicians |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Field | Pathology & Paediatrics |
| Institutions | Royal Free Hospital |
Ivy Evelyn Haslam M.D. MRCP (née Woodward; 30 May 1877–11 January 1957) was a British medical practitioner. In 1909, she became the first female member of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).
Born in Kent, the eldest of six children, Woodward was educated in Bromley before studying medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women. After gaining her membership in the RCP in 1909, she continued posts at the Royal Free Hospital, including assistant pathologist. In 1915, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Her last known appointment was as a clinical assistant, Children’s Outpatient Department, West London Hospital.[citation needed]
Woodward married surgeon Arthur Charles Haslam and they had five children. In 2018, she was featured in the RCP exhibition "This Vexed Question: 500 years of women in medicine".