Inducted: 2006
Bartow Senior High Graduate,
Dr. JoAnne Whitaker is an internationally recognized research and teaching physician. Dr. Whitaker had extensive fellowship programs in pediatrics, hematology, oncology, nutrition and psychiatry and taught in seven different medical schools. Her work as a doctor, researcher and instructor has brought her all over the country including places such as the Sloan-Kettering and Bellevue hospitals (New York, N.Y.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital and Children's Medical Center (Dallas, Texas). She founded the Bowen Research & Training Institute in Pinellas County and Lake Alfred. The institute does lyme disease testing and research.