More on Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice Researcher in Women's Reproductive Health
Nashville, TN (BlackNews.com) - Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, nationally renowned educator, clinician and researcher in women's reproductive health, is the new senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College. Montgomery Rice's appointment was announced by Dr. John E. Maupin Jr., Meharry president, at a campus-wide meeting on Feb. 24.
Amid enthusiastic applause from students, faculty and staff as the announcement was made, Maupin said, "Valerie Montgomery Rice is the best leader for the School of Medicine at this important time in the College's history. As we continue providing excellent health professions, education and training and high quality patient care, we are enhancing our research efforts with a focus on ending the health disparities that exist for people of color and the disadvantaged. Dr. Montgomery Rice's proven expertise and leadership in these areas greatly benefit our efforts."
Maupin added that a national search to fill the position was not conducted after consultation with the College's chief faculty governing bodies, the Faculty Senate and the Faculty Council, and the Meharry Board of Trustees. "I conferred with the trustees and the faculty leadership, who all said virtually the same thing: Dr. Montgomery Rice is exactly who Meharry needs leading the School of Medicine," he said. "The fact that she is already serving on our faculty helps us make this transition as seamless as possible."
"I am pleased and honored to receive this appointment," Montgomery Rice said. "Meharry has a strong history of providing education and training to health professionals who are committed to medically underserved communities. We are building upon that tradition today in the School of Medicine, working to provide exceptional leadership in the national efforts to advance scientific understanding of ethnic-based health disparities; address disparities in the quality and type of care provided to minorities; and ensure greater diversity in the health professions workforce."
ABOUT DR. VALERIE MONTGOMERY RICE
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice has served as chair and professor of Meharry's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and executive director of Meharry's Center for Women's Health since 2003. During her tenure, she has overseen efforts to create the Center for Women's Health, which provides subspecialty patient care in urogynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, gynecologic oncology and high-risk obstetrics.
Under her leadership, the Center launched the Women's Cancer Research Laboratory in 2005, and the Center for Women's Health Research, scheduled to open this fall as the first of its kind devoted solely to addressing diseases that disproportionately affect women of color. In 2004, she re-established Meharry's residency training program in obstetrics and gynecology, which closed in the early 1990's due to low patient volume. Today, there are six resident physicians receiving training in the program; six more will be added by 2007.
Montgomery Rice is known throughout the U.S. as one of the newly emerging voices in the expanding field of reproductive endocrinology and as a noted lecturer in the area of menopause. She has participated in national campaigns in support of low-dose hormonal applications and has served as the principal investigator on numerous clinical trials of low-dose birth control pills and hormonal replacement therapies. She has extensive expertise in female infertility and gynecologic reproductive endocrinology including repetitive pregnancy loss, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis and menopause.
Montgomery Rice currently serves on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs and is a reviewer for several journals including Fertility Sterility, Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Menopause. Her most recent awards include the National Institutes of Health Supplemental Research Award and the Joy McCann Endowed Professor Award, of which she was the first Meharry Medical College recipient.
She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility. She is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Medical Association, National Medical Association; American Medical Women's Association and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
Prior to her appointment at Meharry, Montgomery Rice served as associate professor of medicine and director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
She earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and bachelor's degree in chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology. She completed her internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Emory University School of Medicine and affiliated hospitals in Atlanta and served a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Hutzel Hospital in Detroit.
Montgomery Rice succeeds Dr. PonJola Coney, who held the position since 2002 and will remain on faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
ABOUT MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
Meharry Medical College is the nation's largest private, independent historically black institution dedicated solely to educating health science professionals. The College is particularly well known for its uniquely nurturing, highly effective educational programs; preeminence in health disparities research; culturally sensitive, evidence-based health services; and significant contribution to the diversity of the nation's health professions workforce. Black Issues in Higher Education's ranking of institutions annually lists Meharry as a leading national educator of African Americans with M.D. and D.D.S. degrees and Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences.
Amid enthusiastic applause from students, faculty and staff as the announcement was made, Maupin said, "Valerie Montgomery Rice is the best leader for the School of Medicine at this important time in the College's history. As we continue providing excellent health professions, education and training and high quality patient care, we are enhancing our research efforts with a focus on ending the health disparities that exist for people of color and the disadvantaged. Dr. Montgomery Rice's proven expertise and leadership in these areas greatly benefit our efforts."
Maupin added that a national search to fill the position was not conducted after consultation with the College's chief faculty governing bodies, the Faculty Senate and the Faculty Council, and the Meharry Board of Trustees. "I conferred with the trustees and the faculty leadership, who all said virtually the same thing: Dr. Montgomery Rice is exactly who Meharry needs leading the School of Medicine," he said. "The fact that she is already serving on our faculty helps us make this transition as seamless as possible."
"I am pleased and honored to receive this appointment," Montgomery Rice said. "Meharry has a strong history of providing education and training to health professionals who are committed to medically underserved communities. We are building upon that tradition today in the School of Medicine, working to provide exceptional leadership in the national efforts to advance scientific understanding of ethnic-based health disparities; address disparities in the quality and type of care provided to minorities; and ensure greater diversity in the health professions workforce."
ABOUT DR. VALERIE MONTGOMERY RICE
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice has served as chair and professor of Meharry's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and executive director of Meharry's Center for Women's Health since 2003. During her tenure, she has overseen efforts to create the Center for Women's Health, which provides subspecialty patient care in urogynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, gynecologic oncology and high-risk obstetrics.
Under her leadership, the Center launched the Women's Cancer Research Laboratory in 2005, and the Center for Women's Health Research, scheduled to open this fall as the first of its kind devoted solely to addressing diseases that disproportionately affect women of color. In 2004, she re-established Meharry's residency training program in obstetrics and gynecology, which closed in the early 1990's due to low patient volume. Today, there are six resident physicians receiving training in the program; six more will be added by 2007.
Montgomery Rice is known throughout the U.S. as one of the newly emerging voices in the expanding field of reproductive endocrinology and as a noted lecturer in the area of menopause. She has participated in national campaigns in support of low-dose hormonal applications and has served as the principal investigator on numerous clinical trials of low-dose birth control pills and hormonal replacement therapies. She has extensive expertise in female infertility and gynecologic reproductive endocrinology including repetitive pregnancy loss, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis and menopause.
Montgomery Rice currently serves on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs and is a reviewer for several journals including Fertility Sterility, Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Menopause. Her most recent awards include the National Institutes of Health Supplemental Research Award and the Joy McCann Endowed Professor Award, of which she was the first Meharry Medical College recipient.
She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility. She is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Medical Association, National Medical Association; American Medical Women's Association and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
Prior to her appointment at Meharry, Montgomery Rice served as associate professor of medicine and director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
She earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and bachelor's degree in chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology. She completed her internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Emory University School of Medicine and affiliated hospitals in Atlanta and served a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Hutzel Hospital in Detroit.
Montgomery Rice succeeds Dr. PonJola Coney, who held the position since 2002 and will remain on faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
ABOUT MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
Meharry Medical College is the nation's largest private, independent historically black institution dedicated solely to educating health science professionals. The College is particularly well known for its uniquely nurturing, highly effective educational programs; preeminence in health disparities research; culturally sensitive, evidence-based health services; and significant contribution to the diversity of the nation's health professions workforce. Black Issues in Higher Education's ranking of institutions annually lists Meharry as a leading national educator of African Americans with M.D. and D.D.S. degrees and Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences.
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