KMarie King MD | Photo: Don Noble. Oscar Offerman Created: July 06, 2021 07:32 PM
Albany Med has a new leader of surgery.
The hospital announced Tuesday that Dr. KMarie King will become the new chair of the hospital’s Department of Surgery starting on September 1.
Dr. King will be the first Black female chair of surgery at an academic health science center in the country.
Dr. King is currently a professor of surgery at Morehouse School of Medicine.
While an undergraduate at St. Joseph’s College, Dr. King left to serve in the U.S. Army during Operation Desert Storm. She returned to finish her degree in biology.
Michael Fleming, former Pioneer Press classical music critic, dies at 71 Fleming held strong opinions and wasn t the sort to back down from them. July 6, 2021 10:46am Text size Copy shortlink:
Former St. Paul Pioneer Press music critic Michael Fleming held strong opinions and wasn t the sort to back down from them.
After publishing his debut review for his first newspaper job in St. Louis, Fleming awoke to find the husband of a singer he d criticized standing on his doorstep. Words were exchanged. When the husband launched his fist, Fleming shut the door in his face and returned to bed. He always provided thoughtful, constructive and supportive feedback, Fleming s husband, Michael Wegs, said. But some people didn t see it that way. Pioneer Press billboards promoting Fleming s dance and classical music criticism summed up the public sentiment: Love him or hate him, you don t want to miss him.
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