Notable Alumnae
Health/Sciences
JUEL PATE BORDERS-BENSON, M.D. (C’54) --
A respected
Atlanta
obstetrician
and
gynecologist
who,
in
the
1980s,
erected
an
office
building
bearing
her
name
and
housing
her
private
practice;
Assistant
to
the
pastor
for
the
institutional
ministries
at
Wheat
Street
Baptist
Church
in
Atlanta,
where
she
was
the
first
woman ordained
in
the
129-year
history
of
the
church.
MAXINE HAYES, M.D., M.P.H., (C’69) – State Health Officer, Washington State Department of Health, Olympia, Washington.
SHIRLEY F. MARKS, M.D., M.P.H., (C’69) – A
psychiatrist
specializing
in
women's
issues
and
trauma
recovery,
including
phobias,
anxiety
disorders
and
depression,
practicing
in
Lubbock,
TX;
Past
president
of
the
Black
Psychiatrists
of
America,
Inc.; A Merrill
Scholar
while at
Spelman,
she
received
her
medical
degree
from
Harvard
Medical
School
and
the
master
of
public
health
degree
from
the
Harvard
School
of
Public
Health.
VIRGINIA DAVIS FLOYD, M.D. (C’73) – A
health
policy
leader,
medical
educator
and
advocate
for
the
underserved;
Vice
President
of
PROMETRA
International
and
as
the
Executive
Director
of PROMETRA
USA, a nonprofit, U.S. based organization
dedicated
to
research
and
educational
activities
within
the
area
of
traditional
knowledge
systems,
traditional
medicine
and
global
cross-cultural
experiences;
Visiting
Scholar
in
Traditional
Knowledge
at
Spelman
College
where
she
serves
as
a faculty
member
in
the
Spelman Independent Scholars (SIS) Program.
DEBORAH
PROTHROW-STITH,
M.D.
(C’75), - Nationally
recognized
public
health
leader
who
became
the
first
woman
to
head
the
Department
of
Public
Health
in
Massachusetts,
in
1987;
Associate
Dean
for
Faculty
Development
and
Director,
as
well
as
Director
and
Professor
of
the
Division
of
Public
Health
Practice
at
the
Harvard
University
School
of
Public Health; Author of articles and books
on
the
subject
of violence and public health including the
book Murder
is
No
Accident:
Understanding
and
Preventing
Youth
Violence
in
America
(2003) .
GREER GEIGER, M.D. (C’76) – An ophthalmologist specializing in vitreoretinal surgery who has discovered heralded cures for diseases of the eye; Chairperson of the Ophthalmology Section of the National Medical Association; President of the Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology.
