Rosa Lee Nemir, MD (July 16, 1905 - April 27, 1992) was an American physician working as a pulmonary and pediatrics specialist.
[3] Nemir served as the vice president of the Medical Women's International Association (MWIA) on behalf of North America, medical director for the Judson Health Center's Adolescent Girls Clinic, officer for the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), manager for the Brooklyn chapter of the American Red Cross, head director of the Pediatric Laboratories at Gouverneur Hospital and Bellevue Children's Chest Clinic, and board member for the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, Willoughby House Settlement, and Irvington House for Children.
[1] During her professional career, Nemir worked at New York University's medical school and Belluvue Hospital Center until the onset of her lung fibrosis.
Through studies conducted on tuberculosis patients, Nemir investigated the interaction between steroids and the disease, and she was also the first professional to administer the drug rifampin to treat TB in children.
Additionally, Nemir analyzed the effects of rifampin in a thirty year study following a set of TB patients from their childhood into adulthood.