EP.31 It Took Me Time To Learn Being A Black Female Surgeon Is A Big Deal

Dear Life Warriors

Dear Life Warriors, Dr. Marsha Harris is originally from Jamaica, West Indies and migrated to the United States at the age of 4 where she grew up in Jamaica, Queens, New York. She attended the College of Arts and Sciences at New York University where she majored in Chemistry and minored in Mathematics. While attending New York University, she was an All-American women’s basketball player and won a national championship in her junior year. She later earned her medical degree from New York University’s School of Medicine and completed her general surgery residency training there as well. At the Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando, University of Florida, she completed her fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery.
Over the last 12 years she has been in private practice at Colon and Rectal Surgery of
Manhattan, P.C. while holding an academic appointment as a clinical assistant professor of
Surgery in the department of colon and rectal surgery at NYU. She has practiced earnestly in
the field with special interests in minimally invasive surgery for colon and rectal cancer,
diverticulitis, and colon motility disorders. She has worked extensively with patients with
anorectal diseases, rectal prolapse, pilonidal disease and pelvic floor dysfunction.
Dr Harris is a board-certified general surgeon and colon and rectal surgeon. She has been
recertified by the American Board of Surgeons as well as the American Board of Colon and
Rectal Surgeons. She has earned recognition as Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor and
received Vitals Compassionate Doctor award, Vitals Patient Choice award, and Healthgrades
Honor Roll.
Dr. Harris is a member and fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. She is also a member and fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She has publications in
Diseases of Colon and Rectum. She is the owner of a private colon and rectal surgery practice,
Park Avenue Colon and Rectal Surgery, PLLC, in Manhattan, New York.
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