Marie-Carmelle Elie, M.D., is the first Black woman to be named a full professor and permanent chair of an academic emergency medicine department at a major American medical school

Elie dedicated the last decade to emergency medicine at UF College of Medicine and UF Health

By: Tyler Francischine
Marie-Carmelle Elie, M.D., a UF Health physician since 2010 and triple board-certified in hospice and palliative care, emergency medicine and critical care, was recently appointed chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Emergency Medicine. Marie-Carmelle Elie, M.D., a UF Health physician since 2010 and triple board-certified in hospice and palliative care, emergency medicine and critical care, was recently appointed chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Emergency Medicine.