Geraldine Branch

{{Short description|American obstetrician-gynecologist}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Geraldine Branch

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| birth_name = Geraldine Burton Branch

| birth_date = October 20, 1908

| death_date = {{dda|2016|7|22|1908|10|20}}

| education = Hunter College

New York Medical College

University of California Los Angeles

| spouse = Robert Henry

| children = Robert Henry III
Elizabeth Doggette

| parents = Joseph Burton
Agusta Freeman

}}

Geraldine Burton Branch (October 20, 1908 – July 22, 2016) was an American obstetrician-gynecologist who practiced in New York City, NY and Los Angeles, CA. She received her B.S. from Hunter College in chemistry and physics in 1932 and her M.D. from New York Medical College in 1936.[http://guides.library.nymc.edu/GeraldineBranch Branch, Geraldine Burton, M.D., 1908-2016] In 1962, she received a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nymc.edu/alumni/alumni-profiles/school-of-medicine-alumni/geraldine-burton-branch/ |title=Geraldine Burton Branch, M.D. '36 |access-date=2016-12-14 |archive-date=2019-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707031522/https://www.nymc.edu/alumni/alumni-profiles/school-of-medicine-alumni/geraldine-burton-branch/ |url-status=dead }} The "Dr. Geraldine Burton-Branch Award" at Charles S. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a merit-based scholarship named in her honor.

In 1992, Branch received the Healing Hands Award from University of California, Santa Barbara Gale Biography in Context