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Dr. Mary Susan Moore was born 1865 in Chatham County, North Carolina. She earned her Doctorate of Medicine in 1898 from Meharry Medical Department of Central Tennessee College (now Meharry Medical College). Dr. Moore was the first Black female physician to practice medicine in Texas. In 1903, she and her husband, Dr. James D. Moore, opened a forty-bed hospital, Hubbard Sanitarium, in Galveston to serve the health needs of Black people. For four years Dr. Moore and her husband fought opposition from residents and local government. In 1907, the city of Galveston repealed the ordinance prohibiting the operation of Hubbard Sanitarium. Dr. Moore and her husband maintained the hospital until about 1925. Dr. Mary Susan Moore died August 22, 1965.

In 1991, a group of African-American female physicians formed the Association of Black Women Physicians-Houston. These ladies saw the need for an organization that would provide health education, healthcare advocacy, and a sisterhood among black female physicians. This multidisciplinary group of women physicians became a source of support and networking opportunities for its member physicians, residents and medical students who reside in the Greater Houston and Galveston area.

Today, the group continues its mission to be an example of medical excellence as well as to encourage and empower future African-American female physicians.

Early in the year of 1997, the organization’s name was changed to honor the first African-American female physician to practice in Texas: Dr. Mary Susan Moore.

Executive Board

Alauna Curry, MD

President
Amber Robinette, M.D.

Amber Robinett, MD

Vice President

Janeana White, MD

Treasurer

Teriya Richmond, MD

Corresponding Secretary

Audrey Powell, MD

Recording Secretary

Adrianne Powell, MD

Historian

Alauna Curry, MD

Program Director

Alicia Hopkins, DO

Social Media/Website Manager

Desiree Evans, MD

Fundraising Chair

Tyeshia Babineaux, MD

Scholarship Co-Chair

LeChauncey Woodard, MD

Scholarship Co-Chair

Amya Mitchell, MD

Immediate Past President

2024 Vibranium Members

Angelica Higgins

Amber Robinett

Regina Bailey

LeChauncey Woodard

Robbyn Traylor

2024 Platinum Members

Danielle Turner

Monica Baldridge

Shawn Burrell-Johnson

Danea Campbell-Jordan

Amya Mitchell

Carlin Barnes

Kourtney Sims

Alauna Curry

Medical Student Liaisons

Anu Agbi

Baylor College of Medicine

Nia Norwood, Madison Black, Nora Rodriguez-Santiago

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Raven Harding, Bethel Desta

University of Texas Medical Branch

Renee Megwa, Brooke Birks

Sam Houston State College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jennifer Ezuruike, Ruth Obiarinze

University of Houston College of Medicine

Important Documents

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MSMMS Annual Report
2020
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MSMMS Annual Report
2021
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MSMMS Annual Report

2022

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MSMMS Bylaws

2021

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