18 Facts About Connie Guion

Connie Myers Guion was an American professor of medicine.

Connie Guion's was influential in developing health care systems for the poor in New York City and training programs for new health care professionals at Cornell Medical Center.

Connie Guion's founded the Cornell Pay Clinic, which supported the poor in the city and brought in training.

Connie Guion's was the first woman to be named professor of clinical medicine, and in 1963 became the first living woman physician to have a building named after her .

Connie Guion's was the ninth child of Benjamin Simmons and Catherine Coatesworth Caldwell Guion and had eleven siblings.

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Connie Guion's was raised by a father who worked as a railroad executive and farmer, and three of her sisters grew up to become nurses.

Connie Guion's then became a chemistry instructor at Vassar College and a professor and head of the chemistry department at Sweet Briar College .

Connie Guion's earned her M A in biochemistry in 1913 with a thesis entitled "Purine Metabolism of the Raccoon, the Opossum and the Rat" and earned her M D in 1917 from Cornell University Medical College graduating first in her class.

Connie Guion helped create the Cornell Pay Clinic in 1922 to provide affordable and attentive care for the New York City community.

Connie Guion's became chief of the Clinic in 1929 which later became the Outpatient Department of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and was the chief until she retired in 1953.

Connie Guion received many promotions, awards, and honorary degrees for her dedication to medicine and community.

In 1932, Connie Guion became chief of the General Medical Clinic while serving as an associate professor of clinical medicine at Cornell University.

In 1951, Connie Guion received the Northfield Award for significant service from the Northfield Schools.

Connie Guion's was the first woman elected honorary governor of the Society of the New York Hospital in 1952.

That same year, Connie Guion initiated a new curriculum for fourth-year medical students, which required that they treat and closely monitor specific patients for months at a time.

In 1963, the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center erected the Connie Guion Building, making her the first female physician to have a hospital building named after her during her lifetime.

Connie Guion's received the Jane Addams Medal from Rockford College in 1963.

Connie Guion's was a member of both the Episcopal church and the Republican party.