Mary E. Fleming, MD, MPH

Biography

A Louisville, KY native, Dr. Mary E. Fleming, completed her undergraduate degree at Xavier University of Louisiana, medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College. Due to her interests in eradicating health inequities and improving healthcare for the underserved, she matriculated to Harvard Medical School as a Commonwealth Fellow in Minority Health Policy where she obtained a MPH. She practiced as a generalist in a Norristown, PA for four years before deciding to transition to be a full-time locum tenens physician. In this capacity, she has worked in several states across the country. This practice model also allowed her to volunteer in Mutomo, Kenya for six months.

Currently, she works clinically in Louisville, KY. She is co-founder, and former chief medical officer for Cayaba Care, a maternal health start-up, in Philadelphia, PA. In addition, she consults as a medical expert reviewer, physician editor and leads a non-profit, Reede Scholars. As President, she develops strategies for collective action to address health equity and social justice.  In 2021 she became Director of the Leadership Development to Advance Equity in Health Care Program in the ECPE department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  

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