In support of the theme Black Health and Wellness, we celebrate several Black medical pioneers from NYU Langone Health and Bellevue, past and present.
Dr. Patricia E. Bath, an internationally renowned ophthalmologist and laser scientist, dedicated to blindness prevention, treatment, and cure. Dr. Bath was also NYU's first Black resident in ophthalmology.
Dr. Randolph M. Chase, Jr, part of the NYU Med Class of 1958. Dr. Chase was one of the first Black faculty members to receive tenure at NYU School of Medicine and is also credited with helping to establish NYU's Institute of African-American Affairs - a scholarly and artistic center founded in 1969.
Dr. Ubert Conrad Vincent, the first Black intern at Bellevue Hospital, eventually becoming resident surgeon in charge of the urological service. There, he introduced a standard for surgical relief of varicoceles known as the Vincent Operation.
Dr. May Edward Chinn, part of the NYU Med Class of 1926. Dr. Chinn was the first Black woman to graduate from the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University. After graduation, Dr. Chinn was the first Black woman to hold an internship at Harlem Hospital and ride with the ambulance crew on emergency calls.
Dr. Aubre de Lambert Maynard, after graduating as part of the NYU Med Class of 1926, became the first Black intern at Harlem Hospital, where he later became a staff surgeon from 1928 to 1952, and director of surgery until 1967. Dr. Maynard is credited with saving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life in 1958 when Dr. King was stabbed in the chest while visiting Harlem.
Dr. John Cordice, earned his medical degree from NYU Medical School in 1943 and went on to serve as an attending surgeon and chief of thoracic surgery at both Harlem Hospital and the Queens Hospital Center. Dr. Cordice was also a part of the team credited with saving the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, when Dr. King was stabbed while visiting Harlem. The Dr. John W. V. Cordice, Sr. and Jr., Minority Student Award, established in 1994 by Dr. Cordice, honors a senior underrepresented minority student who has shown outstanding academic scholarship and commitment to community service.
Dr. Jeanne Allen Smith, part of the NYU School of Medicine Class of 1957, was a former top administrator at Harlem Hospital Center and an expert on sickle cell anemia who helped establish broader federal guidelines for testing newborns for the disease.
Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, was the first Black woman to be named associate dean of a medical school. In 1955, Dr. Wright became an associate professor of surgical research at New York University and director of cancer chemotherapy research at New York University Medical Center and its affiliated Bellevue and University hospitals.
Dr. Clarel Antoine joined the NYU Medical Center in 1981 as a fellow in maternal-fetal medicine, specializing in high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Antoine later became director of obstetrics at Tisch Hospital, and served as principal physician advisor to an NYU comprehensive study of obstetrical management practices related to the performance of c-sections. Dr. Antoine is currently an associate professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and continues a thriving private practice.
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