Emma Sadler Moss

Emma Sadler Moss (1898–1970) was an American pathologist and medical educator. She specialized in parasitology, tropical, and mycotic diseases. She was president of the American Society for Clinical Pathology in 1955 and 1956. She was the first woman to serve as president of a major medical society in the United States. She was a professor at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and served as director of pathology at Charity Hospital in New Orleans for 30 years. She co-authored the 1953 book Atlas of Medical Mycology.

Early life and education Emma Sadler was born on September 19, 1898, in Pearlington, Mississippi, to Lou and Paul Sadler. She was born prematurely and was ill for much of her childhood. In 1915, she started her studies at the Mississippi State College for Women. She earned her BS in bacteriology in 1919. She then started working as a medical technologist at Charity Hospital in New Orleans.

During her career, Moss supervised and mentored 578 medical technologists and over 150 pathology residents. Moss's exhibits on mycotic infections, parasitology, and tropical diseases earned her Gold Medals from the ASCP. Her exhibit on "Fungous Diseases" earned her a Billings Gold Medal from the American Medical Association in 1954.

Personal life Moss was married to John Moss. He died of tuberculosis in 1929. She had no children and did not remarry.