D r. Bath has been honored by two of her universities. Hunter College placed her in its “hall of fame” in 1988 and Howard University declared her a “Howard University Pioneer in Academic Medicine” in 1993. A picture book on her life and work in science was published in 2017, and was cited by both the National Science Teachers Association and the Chicago Public Library’s list of best children’s books of the year.
1999
Smithsonian Museum included her in their Innovative Lives Exhibition and Program
2001
American Medical Women’s Association induction into Hall of Fame
2011
American Academy of Ophthalmology induction into the Museum of Vision for contributions to Ophthalmology
2012
Tribeca Film Festival Disruptive Innovation Award
2013
Association of Black Women Physicians Lifetime Achievement Award for Ophthalmology Contributions
2014
Alpha Kappa Alpha Presidential Award for Health and medical Sciences
2014
Howard University Charter Day Award for Distinguished Achievement in Ophthalmology and Medicine
2017
Medscape one of 12 “Women Physicians who Changed the Course of American Medicine”
2017
Time Magazine “Firsts: Women Who Are Changing the World” for being the first to invent
2017
Hunter College Hall of Fame induction
2018
New York Academy of Medicine John Stearns Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Clinical Practice, for
2018
Alliance for Aging research: Silver Innovator Award for contributions and research towards blindness prevention