Ana Dolores Pérez Marchand
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Born17 April 1885
Died19 January 1983 (aged 97)
OthernamesLola Pérez Marchand
AlmamaterWoman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (MD)
Ana Dolores Pérez Marchand | |
|---|---|
 Dolores Pérez Marchand, from the 1911 yearbook of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania | |
| Born | 17 April 1885 |
| Died | 19 January 1983 (aged 97) |
| Other names | Lola Pérez Marchand |
| Alma mater | Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (MD) |
| Occupations | Physician, obstetrician |
Ana Dolores Pérez Marchand (17 April 1885 – 19 January 1983) was a Puerto Rican physician and suffragist, one of the first Puerto Rican women to earn a medical degree.
Pérez Marchand was born in Utuado, and raised in Ponce, the daughter of Vicente Pérez Andújar and Monserrat Marchand Muñoz.[1] She attended Wilson College in Pennsylvania. She completed her medical at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1911,[2] where she was also editor-in-chief of the yearbook.[3] She was one of the first Puerto Rican women to earn a medical degree.[4][5] She completed further studies in obstetrics, gynecology, and urology at Johns Hopkins University, and at hospitals in Baltimore and New York.[1]