Kathie-Ann Joseph
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Columbia University,
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Bellevue Medical Center,
Columbia University Medical Center
Kathie-Ann Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) Spanish Town |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Columbia University, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | New York University, Bellevue Medical Center, Columbia University Medical Center |
Kathie-Ann Joseph is a surgeon and researcher at New York University Langone Health where she specializes in breast surgery and oncology surgery.[1] Joseph is also the chief of breast surgery at Bellevue Medical Center,[2] where she was recognized in 2015 as Bellevue's Physician of the Year.[3] Joseph works to reduce disparities in cancer care in order to improve health care for individuals in need. Specifically, Joseph focuses on developing programs that will help African-American women to address their needs in breast cancer prevention and care.[4] She is also studying the effects of a cell surface receptor molecule called RAGE which appears to play a role in tumor growth.[4]
Kathie-Ann Joseph is the first African-American woman to be appointed to the faculty at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in the Department of Surgery.[5][6] She has presented before the President's Cancer Panel, an advisory board to the President of the United States.[7][8] and has advised the New York State Cancer Consortium on the development of its cancer control plan.[9] In 2009, Essence magazine included her among the year's 25 Most Influential African Americans.[10]
Kathie-Ann Ramsay was born to Royes Ramsay and Thelma Ramsay in Spanish Town, Jamaica in 1970. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Stuyvesant High School[11] in 1987.[12] Kathie-Ann Ramsay married David Joseph in 1995 at Coral House in Baldwin, New York.[11] She continues to live in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Dr. David Joseph and her two sons, Devon Joseph and Justin Joseph.[citation needed]
Education and experience
Joseph earned her bachelor's degree in sociology in 1991 from Harvard University.[5] Her mother died of cervical cancer during her sophomore year.[13] After graduating from Harvard in 1991, Joseph attended Columbia University.[13] She continued her education at Columbia College University of Physicians & Surgeons and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health where she earned a joint M.D.-M.P.H. degree.[5] Ken Ford, Joseph's surgery instructor at Columbia College University of Physicians & Surgeons, inspired Joseph to become a surgeon.[citation needed]
After earning her M.D.-M.P.H. in 1995,[12] Joseph worked at New York University Medical Center to complete her seven-year surgical residency. After completing her surgical residency, Joseph earned a two-year fellowship at NYU Medical Center in surgical oncology. Following the surgical oncology residency, she then earned a fellowship in breast oncology at Columbia. In 2003, Joseph was appointed an assistant professor of surgery at Columbia.[citation needed]
