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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 78:1290-2 (1996)
© 1996 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Obituary

FRANCESCA M. THOMPSON, M.D. 1945–1996

Francesca Morosani Thompson (Cesca to her friends) died of complications after a ten-year battle with multiple myeloma, on February 15, 1996. She was fifty-one years old.



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  		FRANCESCA M. THOMPSON, M.D. 1945-1996

 
During her shortened life, her academic achievements were legendary. After graduating from Smith College in 1965 with a degree in social welfare, she became a social workers. She married James Thompson of Litchfield, Connecticut. While their two children were still very young, she completed a premedical program by attending evening classes. She entered Cornell University Medical College in 1973 and graduated with an A.O.A. degree.

Her next goal was to become an orthopaedic surgeon. She was the first female orthopaedic resident at . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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