“M” is for McCottry, Catherine Mae McKee (1921-2018). Physician. A native of Charlotte, McCottry graduated from Johnson C. Smith University. She then attended Howard University’s School of Medicine. Upon graduation she trained in several residencies specializing in obstetrics and gynecology at New York’s Harlem Hospital, Charlotte’s Good Samaritan Hospital, and Chicago’s Providence Hospital. She and her physician husband moved to Charleston in 1952 where she opened her own practice. McCottry became noted for her direct patient services and was a leader in the drive to integrate the city’s hospitals. She retired from practicing medicine in the early 1970s but continued her medical service in other forums. Many of her educational initiatives addressed young women. Throughout her career Catherine Mae McKee McCottry emphasized public health education, especially for sickle-cell anemia which affects primarily Black persons.
“M” is for McCottry, Catherine Mae McKee (1921-2018)
