Anne G. Osborn (born 1943) is an American physician who works at the

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. She holds the William H. and Patricia W. Child Presidential Endowed Chair in Radiology at the University of Utah Medical Center.

Biography

Osborn earned her M.D. at

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. In 1977 the ''

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'' included an article by Osborn about being a single woman and also a member of a church that places marriage and family in order of priority just under discipleship to Jesus Christ.Anne G. Osborn
"The Ecstasy of the Agony: How to Be Single and Sane at the Same Time"
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'', March 1977. From 1989 to 1990 she worked at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. In 1982 she married Ronald E. Poelman. For a year, covering parts of 1988 and 1989, Osborn served as president of the American Society of Neuroradiology. In 1989 Osborn was the recipient of the Grubbe Memorial Award from the Chicago Radiological Society. Osborn was the first female president of the American Society of Neuroradiology. Osborn was interviewed for the 2007

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documentary '' The Mormons''. She has served on the general board of the

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and

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. In 1995 Osborn wrote an autobiography, ''The Simeon Solution''. In 1997 her book ''The Amulek Alternative: Exercising Agency in a World of Choice'' was published. In 2013 Osborn won in the physician category for her book ''Osborn's Brain'' the first place award from the

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Works

''Diagnostic Imaging: Brain'' that Osborn wrote with Karen L. Salzman, is one of 7 books listed under the heading "fundamentals" that the

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says that medical students and residents interested in a career in neurosurgery should review.

References

Sources

University of Utah bio of OsbornAmirsys Publishing bio of Osborn
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