Sandra Welner was an American physician, inventor, and advocate for disabled women's healthcare.
12 Facts About Sandra Welner
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Sandra Leah Welner was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Nikodem and Barbara Safier Welner.
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Sandra Welner's parents were both Polish-born and British-educated; her father was a civil engineer, and her mother was a nurse.
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Sandra Welner enrolled in an accelerated medical education program, where she completed undergraduate work at Lehigh University, and earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, in 1981.
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Sandra Welner completed further training in her specialty, obstetrics and gynecology, at Yale University.
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Sandra Welner began her career as a surgeon and an infertility specialist, directing a women's clinic in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Sandra Welner was an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Georgetown University and University of Maryland medical schools.
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Sandra Welner authored several journal articles and contributed to two books about women's health and disability.
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Sandra Welner died in 2001, in Washington DC, from extensive burns sustained in an apartment fire after a candle flame came in contact with loose clothing.
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Sandra Welner was buried at Parkway Jewish Center Cemetery in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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The Sandra Welner table is in production and can be found in clinics worldwide, especially in her home city, at the Center for Women with Disabilities at Magee-Women's Hospital.
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Lovitky mentioned in interviews that his memories of Sandra Welner's experiences handling money were one reason that he took the case.