Valerie Montgomery Rice

Childhood
raised in a chaotic household. Her father abused her mother, and even burst through the window of their Macon, Georgia, home one night with a gun.
The third of four daughters
born in 1961, in Macon, Georgia. Her parents had a tumultuous marriage, and Montgomery Rice's earliest memories are of an anxiety-filled household. "My father was abusive to my mother," she says.

Education
She graduated from Southwest High School and went on earn an engineering degree from Georgia Tech( 1987)and a medical degree from Harvard.

Profession
Intending to pursue a career as a neurosurgeon, her plans changed as she began her clinical rotation in obstetrics-gynecology rotation. Prior to this, Montgomery Rice recalls this rotation as being one she was not looking forward to. However, once in the rotation, Montgomery Rice was sure this was the field she was meant to be in. While conducting research at Harvard on using purified hormones to induce ovulation in mice, she received an acceptance letter from Emory University, her top choice university, to complete her residency. Before beginning her residency, Montgomery Rice's work had recently been published, thus recently making a name for herself.
In addition, at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Montgomery Rice completed Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynaecology at Emory University. She also conducted a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Hutzel Women's Hospital.

Profession cont
Prior to joining Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Montgomery Rice held numerous leadership and faculty positions at the University of Kansas School of Medicine,
While at Meharry Medical College, Rice founded and directed The Center for Women's Health Research. Being one of the first of its kind, The Center for Women's Health Research has a central focus on the impact of diseases for women of color, which aligns with Dr. Montgomery Rice's passion.
served as professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, then dean and senior vice president, at Meharry Medical College. In 2011, She started at the Morehouse School of Medicine as the dean and Executive Vice President.[4] In 2014, she became the president, becoming the first woman to hold the position.
Her clinical and research interests are in reproductive medicine, ovarian cancer and menopause. Montgomery Rice serves multiple professional organizations, including serving as chair of the American Medical Association's OB/GYN Section. She holds multiple teaching and research awards and is recognized for her professional and community service, notably for support of minority and professional women.

Post career
She had multiple careers
t recently served as dean and executive vice president of MSM, where she has served since 2011
dedicated her career to the creation and advancement of health equity
She’s has a lot of side business

Influence
Most notably, she was the founding director of the Center for Women's Health Research at Meharry Medical College, one of the nation's first research centers devoted to studying diseases that disproportionately impact women of color.

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