Orthopedic surgeon Liebre Diamond, MD, 86, died May 17 after losing her battle with lymphoma, The Baltimore Sun reports.
Here's what you should know.
1. Dr. Diamond was born missing several fingers and toes. She had undergone several surgeries but retained several fingers including both her thumbs.
2. Dr. Diamond told Dr. E.F. Shaw Wilgis, who edited The Wonder of the Human Hand that "You can either [complain] or moan and make everyone around you miserable or accept what is reality and get on with your life."
3. She began her collegiate career when she was 16-years-old, graduating in 1951. She earned her medical degree from the Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania.
4. Dr. Diamond was the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's first female resident and first female orthopedic surgical resident.
5. She was the 14th woman in the U.S. certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
6. Dr. Diamond had a private practice and affiliated with several area hospitals. She specialized in pediatric orthopedics. She operated while wearing specially made surgical gloves.
7. The uniqueness of Dr. Diamond's condition afforded her great authority with her patients and their parents.
8. Dr. Diamond was one of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America's cofounders.
9. She retired from practice in 1997.
10. The Maryland Women's Hall of Fame inducted her in 2006. Her son and two grandchildren survive her.