Shekinah Elmore is an assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.[1] As both a cancer doctor and a self-described "cancer person", she is known for her work in cancer patient advocacy among her fellow physicians and for her public speaking and writing.[2] She has written and spoken publicly about surviving childhood rhabdomyosarcoma in the New England Journal of Medicine.[3]

While training at Harvard Medical School she focused on understanding and improving radiotherapy access in resource-limited settings and promoting pathways for resident involvement in improving global radiotherapy. Elmore received a Fulbright award to travel to Rwanda and study how patients there experience cancer treatment, which she spoke about at TEDMED.[4]

Education

She received her BA from Brown University, her MPH from Columbia University, and her MD from Harvard Medical School.

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty". Department of Radiation Oncology. University of North Carolina. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Farber, Orly Nadell (August 31, 2018). "This Harvard doctor has worn both a hospital gown and a white coat". STAT. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Elmore, Shekinah N.C. (May 24, 2018). "p53 and Me". New England Journal of Medicine. 378 (21): 1962–1963. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1803542. PMID 29791817. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Shekinah Elmore". TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2020.


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