Dr. King is a professor of surgery at Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine, as well as chief of surgery and medical director for surgical quality at Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital, according to a July 6 news release shared with Becker’s.
Dr. King completed her fellowship training at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, where she earned a master’s degree in biomedical science and worked as an assistant professor. She completed her residency training in general surgery and a research fellowship in surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and earned her medical degree at St. Louis-based Washington University. Dr. King also holds a master’s degree in business management from Waltham, Mass.-based Brandeis University.
Her medical career dates back to the 1990s when she was a medical lab assistant in the U.S. Army, according to her LinkedIn account.
Dr. King will begin her new roles Sept. 1.
