Dr. Ketcham was one of the first female faculty members of the Indiana University School of Medicine. She began teaching there in 1912, four years after the school hired its first female faculty member. Ketcham taught at the school for many years before finally being promoted to Clinical Professor of Medicine in 1934.
Ketcham was know for her charitable work, and offered free healthcare to the poor. Ketcham served as a house doctor at a home for unwed mothers and offered her services to many other worthy causes. She was also well-known for her efforts to provide public health assistance in the face of natural disasters. Ketcham headed medical relief efforts to flood victims of Indianapolis's 1913 flood. She manned a relief center at Manual Training High School and assisted many needy victims. She also joined an expedition by boat to Jeffersonville in 1933 to search for smallpox victims. Ketcham retired in 1953.
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