Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD

Morehose School of Medicine, USA

 

Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice provides a valuable combination of experience at the highest levels of patient care and medical research, as well as organizational management and public health policy.  The sixth president of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and the first woman to lead the free-standing medical institution, Dr. Montgomery Rice serves as both the president and dean.  A renowned infertility specialist and researcher, she most recently served as dean and executive vice president of MSM, where she served since 2011.

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Prior to MSM, she served as dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president of health affairs at Meharry Medical College where she founded and directed the Center for Women’s Health Research, one of the nation’s first research centers devoted to studying diseases that disproportionately impact women of color.

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Dedicated to the creation and advancement of health equity, Dr. Montgomery Rice lends her vast experience and talents to programs which enhance pipeline opportunities for academically diverse students, diversifies the physician and scientific workforce, and fosters equity in health care access and health outcomes. To this end, she holds membership in many organizations and boards such as: National Academy of Medicine, Georgia Chamber Board of Directors, Woodruff Arts Center Board, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Board of Directors, The Nemours Foundation Board of Directors; National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and Office of Research on Women’s Health/National Institutes of Health (NIH) advisory councils; Ni-Q Medical Advisory Team; and the Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Deans.

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A Georgia native, Dr. Montgomery Rice holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Emory University School of Medicine and her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, MI.

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Dr. Montgomery Rice has been married to her fellow Georgia Institute of Technology alumnus, Melvin Rice, Jr., for 26 years. They have two children, Jayne, a medical student at Harvard Medical School, and Melvin, a recent graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design.