Shirley Lasseter

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  • Date Range: 2005
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  • Description: Distinguished surgeon, professor, and stand-up comic Rhonda Fishel's "Memories" photo montage.
  • Biographical/Historical Note: Rhonda Fishel (1950-2010) graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1979, and completed a fellowship in surgical research at Sinai in 1983. She was director of surgical care and trauma services at Sinai until 1997, when she became the director of trauma services at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Florida. She returned to Sinai in 2000, becoming the associate surgeon-in-chief as well as a professor of surgery at Hopkins. In addition to the Golden Apple Award, she was honored as Sinai Surgical Resident of the Year in 1986, received the Golden Scapel Award from the Sinai Department of Surgery in 1992, and was voted a “Person of the Year” by Baltimore Magazine in 2006. A lifelong learner, Dr. Fishel earned her MBA from Hopkins in 2006.
    "Dr. Rhonda S. Fishel, Sinai Chief of Surgery, dies," The Baltimore Sun, November 23, 2010

    See the 7-9th and 12-15th Lesbian Variety Shows for her stand-up performances.
  • Genres: Amateur Films
  • Subjects: Lesbians,
  • Places: Gainesville, Florida
  • Creators: Shirley Lasseter
  • Collaborators & Participants: Rhonda Fishel
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  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) shares rights with Shirley Lasseter during Lasseter's lifetime. Participants also have the right to approve uses of material they appear in during their lifetimes.
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  • Preferred Citation: Shirley Lasseter Collection, Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP).