The Nation's First

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 10 p.m.

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Season 2 | Episode 2 | January 12, 2022

Southwestern Vermont Health Care\\u2019s (SVHC) Medical Matters Weekly with Dr. Trey Dobson is pleased to welcome\\xa0 KMarie King, MD as their guest. Dr. King is a pancreatic and liver surgeon and the chief of surgery at Albany Medical Center. She is notable for being the first black female chair of surgery at an academic health sciences center in the nation.

Dr. King is from Brooklyn, New York. She completed her medical degree at Washington University in St. Louis, a residency at the University of Pittsburgh, and a fellowship in pancreatic and liver surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where she also earned a master\\u2019s degree in biomedical science. In addition, Dr. King holds a master\\u2019s of business management from Brandeis University and served in the U.S. Army during Operation Desert Storm. She has worked as a professor of surgery at Morehouse School of Medicine and chief of surgery and medical director for surgical quality at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. She joined Albany Medical Center on September 1.

The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to wellness@svhealthcare.org.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

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