Olga Jonasson

Distinguished Alumnae Award Recipient, 1979

Physician, Chief of surgery, Cook County Hospital

Olga Jonasson, MD, FACS (August 12, 1934 – August 30, 2006) was an American transplant surgeon. She performed the first kidney transplant in the state of Illinois. She was also the first woman to be appointed head of an academic department of surgery at a coeducational school of medicine (Ohio State University) and the first woman to be appointed chief of surgery of a major medical center.

Her undergraduate degree was from Northwestern University, and her medical degree was from University of Illinois College of Medicine.

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