Judith Martin Cadore
Judith Martin Cadore | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Bay City, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Texas Medical Branch |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Family medicine |
| Institutions | University of Texas Medical Branch San Jacinto Methodist Hospital |
Judith Martin Cadore (née Martin; born 1957) is a U.S. family practitioner who serves rural populations prone to health care disparities in the Bay City, Texas area. She was previously a faculty member at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and a clinical instructor and assistant community professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Life
[edit]Cadore was born in Bay City, Texas in 1957 to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Martin.[1] Her grandmother, Virginia Brown Gaskin, served as one of her mentors.[1] In 1976, when she graduated as the first African-American valedictorian from Bay City High School, Cadore was denied the opportunity to give the traditional valedictory address and lead the class in the graduation ceremonies.[1] Cadore attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through the National Merit Scholarship Program.[1] She pursued a double major in chemistry and creative writing.[1] While there, she received the Bolt Prize for Poetry, Prose and Manuscript and was named the Eugene McDermott Scholar.[1] Graduating from MIT in 1980, she remained in Boston to work as a research chemist for Water Associates while doing graduate work at Harvard University.[1] In 1984, she returned to Texas to study medicine.[1] She was a Kempner Scholar at the University of Texas Medical Branch.[1]
Completing medical school in 1990, Cadore remained at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston for her family practice residency and continued there as a clinical instructor and assistant community professor in the department of family medicine.[1] Later, in 1998, she left her faculty position at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in order to pursue a private family practice.[1] First working with an all-white, all-male practice in Texas City, Cadore later practiced with Edith Irby Jones in Houston and is now a solo practitioner in Bay City.[1] She serves rural populations prone to health care disparities.[1]
Cadore is the director of the "Sunshine Choir," a children's choir in the Third Ward, Houston.[1] She and her husband Michael, a professional chef and caterer she met in Boston, live in Houston with their three children.[1] In 1998, she raised concerns regarding racial insensitivity to the board of the Clear Creek Independent School District.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Changing the face of medicine: Judith Martin Cadore". National Library of Medicine. October 13, 2003. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Jackson-Hudson, Angela (1998-12-18). "Was student denied role because of her race?". The Galveston Daily News. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-07-17 – via Newspapers.com.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Institutes of Health.- Living people
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- People from Bay City, Texas
- Family physicians
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- 21st-century American physicians
- 21st-century African-American physicians
- African-American women physicians
- Physicians from Texas
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- University of Texas Medical Branch faculty
- University of Texas Medical Branch alumni