Pearl McBroom

Pearl McBroom
Born 16 March 1926
Died 2004
Occupation cardiologist

Fletcher Pearl Riley McBroom (16 March 1926 – 2004) was an American cardiologist. She[1] was instrumental to the development of cardiovascular treatment and preventative medicine. McBroom was the first black doctor to be accepted to the UCLA Medical Center.

Early life and education

She earned her B.A. at University of Chicago in 1946 and B.S. from Columbia University in 1949. In 1953 she earned her M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons.[2][3]

Career

McBroom interned at Bellevue Medical Center in New York City in 1954-55. She completed her residency at Columbia University Research Wing and UCLA Medical Center in 1955-57 and went on to her Fellowship in Cardiology at University Southern University, 1957-58.[2][3]

From 1958-1962 she was a NIH Grants Research fellow, and at the same time was a Board Member at the Frederich Douglass Child Development Center and the Sidoha Yoda Foundation at University of Chicago. In 1960 as the heart specialist in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital she developed a new method to observe how atherosclerosis affects coronary blood vessel tissues. She later practiced with her husband Dr. Marcus S. W. McBroom at Ross Medical Center Los Angeles, where they completed a two-year study on the effect that male and female hormones may have on coronary heart disease.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ V. Sammons refers to her as "he" but contemporary sources indicate McBroom was clearly female.
  2. 1 2 3 Sammons, Vivian Ovelton (1990). Blacks in science and medicine. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp. ISBN 0-89116-665-3.
  3. 1 2 3 Ebony May 1964.
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