By Christina Frangou
Ernestine Hambrick, MD, was the first woman in the United States to be board certified in colon and rectal surgery, and later founded the STOP Foundation to promote screening and prevention of colon and rectal cancer. At the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Nancy Baxter, MD, delivered the lectureship in Dr. Hambrick’s honor. Dr. Baxter is a professor of surgery and an associate dean at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at