Millicent A. Comrie

Comrie migrated to the US to attend Morgan University of Baltimore, Maryland, and Howard University in Washington, D.C. She attended State University of New York Downstate Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York, where she earned her medical degree in 1976. Comrie later attended Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health where she received a Masters in Public Health with a focus on Maternal and Child Health. == Career ==

Comrie currently works at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, where she specializes in obstetrics and gynecology, She developed techniques that allowed women to keep their uterus and not require a hysterectomy. of Maimonides Brooklyn Heights Center for Women's Health. In the interview she discussed the importance of providing medical practitioners with personal ethnic information or background to provide information on any tests that should be conducted. Comrie serves on the Red Hook Initiative (RHI) Board of Directors for 17 years (the entirety of its existence) and is the longest serving board member. == Awards and honors ==

"The Dr. Millicent Comrie Fund" was created in her honor which ensures reproductive health education and care in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Comrie is recognized as one of the Top 10 Caribbean-Born Female Doctors in the U.S by News America. She won the Master Teacher Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology by the SUNY Downstate Alumni Association. In 2016, Comrie was conferred with the Order of Distinction (Officer's Class) from the Government of Jamaica. That same year, she received the Leader in Medicine Award by the Society of Foreign Consuls, an international organization representing the world's largest consular corps in New York. In 2021, Comrie was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award. == Personal life ==

Comrie's brother, Fenton Ferguson, was Minister of Health for Jamaica. Comrie continued working at Maimonides Women's Center. Her surviving daughter, Sacha Comrie Jackson-Chin, is a practicing attorney in her own law firm, in Freeport, Long Island. ==References==