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          6. Jerri Nielsen

          American physician

          Not to be confused with Jerry Nielsen.

          Jerri Lin Nielsen

          Born

          Jerri Lin Cahill


          (1952-03-01)March 1, 1952

          Salem, Ohio, United States

          DiedJune 23, 2009(2009-06-23) (aged 57)

          Southwick, Massachusetts, United States

          Alma materOhio University
          Medical College of Ohio
          OccupationPhysician
          Known forPhysician who self-administered a biopsy, and later chemotherapy, after discovering a breast tumour while in Antarctica until she could be evacuated

          Jerri Lin Nielsen (née Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be evacuated safely.

          In 1998, during the southern winter, at a time when the station is physically cut off from the rest of the world, she developed breast cancer. Nielsen teleconferenced with medica