1. Patricia Consolatrix Hilliard Robertson was an American physician and a NASA astronaut.
16 Facts About Patricia Robertson
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Patricia Robertson died in a plane crash prior to being assigned to a crew to fly to the International Space Station.
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Patricia Robertson was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Ilse Hilliard and the late Harold Hilliard of Homer City.
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Patricia Robertson graduated from Homer-Center High School, Homer City, Pennsylvania, in 1980.
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Patricia Robertson received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1985, and a medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1989.
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Patricia Robertson completed a three-year residency in family medicine in 1992 and was certified by the American Board of Family Medicine in the same year.
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Patricia Robertson completed a two-year fellowship in space medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch and NASA Johnson Space Center in 1997, which included the Aerospace Medicine Primary Course at Brooks Air Force Base.
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Patricia Robertson was on the staff of Saint Vincent Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, for three years where she served as the clinical coordinator for medical student training, and provided training and supervision for resident physicians.
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In 1995, Patricia Robertson was one of two fellows selected to study aerospace medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.
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Patricia Robertson served as a member of the faculty at UTMB in the departments of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine.
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In 1997, Patricia Robertson joined the Flight Medicine Clinic at Johnson Space Center, where she provided health care for astronauts and their families, and served as Chairman of the Bone, Muscle, and Exercise Integrated Product Team.
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Patricia Robertson was a multiengine rated flight instructor and avid aerobatic pilot.
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Patricia Robertson had accumulated more than 1,500 hours of flight time.
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Patricia Robertson died May 24,2001, in Houston from burn injuries sustained in the crash of a private plane at Wolfe Air Park, Manvel, Texas, on May 22,2001; she was 38 years old.
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Patricia Robertson had been providing instruction to a private pilot when control of the aircraft was lost.
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Patricia Robertson was living at Homer City and she was scheduled to work with the crew who were going to fly to the International Space Station in the following year.