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Kathie-Ann Joseph, M.D., M.P.H. (b. 1970) is best known for being the first African-American woman to be appointed to the faculty at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in the Department of Surgery. Kathie-Ann Joseph is a surgeon at New York University Langone Health where she specializes in breast surgery and oncology surgery. Dr. Joseph is also the chief of breast surgery at Bellevue Medical Center. Dr. Joseph works to reduce disparities in cancer care in order to improve health care for individuals in need. Specifically, Dr. Joseph focuses on helping African-American women with their needs in breast cancer prevention and care.

Background
Joseph was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica in 1970. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. Joseph is the daughter or Royes Ramsay and Thelma Ramsey. Kathie-Ann Joseph married David Joseph in 1995 at Coral House in Baldwin, New York. She continues to live in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Dr. David Joseph and her two sons, Devon Joseph and Justin Joseph.

Education and Experience
Joseph earned her bachelor's degree in sociology in 1991 from Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard in 1991, Joseph continued her education at Columbia College University of Physicians & Surgeons and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health where she earned a joint M.D.-M.P.H. degree. Dr. Ken Ford, Joseph's surgery instructor at Columbia College University of Physicians & Surgeons, inspired Joseph to become a surgeon. After earning her M.D.-M.P.H., Joseph worked at New York University Medical Center to complete her seven-year surgical residency. After completing her surgical residency, Joseph earned a two-year fellowship at NYU Medical Center in surgical oncology. Following the surgical oncology residency, she then earned a fellowship in breast oncology at Columbia. In 2003, Joseph was appointed an assistant professor of surgery at Columbia.

Research
Dr. Joseph's research includes a cell surface receptor molecule called RAGE which plays a role in tumor growth. In addition to RAGE, Dr. Joseph also focuses her research on risk factors associated with cancer including genetics, age, race, and ethnicity. Dr. Joseph's research works to find proper treatment for breast cancer and improve the overall quality of breast cancer care.

Achievements and Awards
While attending Harvard University, Joseph was awarded the Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for her thesis called Triple Jeopardy: Elderly, Poor, African-American Women and Their Barriers to Health Care and Screening for Breast and Cervical Cancer. Throughout her career, Dr. Joseph has become a recipient of the Southwest Oncology Group Young Investigator, the 2004 AACR Minority Scholar Award in Cancer Research, the Joanne Masin Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Award, and the Susan G. Komen Greater NYC Gay Clark Stoddard Compassionate Care Award. Dr. Joseph was the first African-American woman to be appointed to the faculty at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in the Department of Surgery.