Patricia Rowe-King, M.D., FAAP
A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Dr. Patricia Rowe-King relocated to the United States after high school and attended Boston University where she obtained a B.A. in Biology with a minor in Psychology. After graduating Cum Laude from Boston University she went on to the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Since completing her residency program, Dr. Rowe-King was a private practitioner in Tamarac, FL and has held privileges at Broward Health for the past eighteen years. In addition, she has served as a Pediatric Hospitalist since 1997 and is currently the Assistant Medical Director for the Pediatric Hospitalist Program at the Chris Evert Childrens Hospital at Broward General Medical Center.
Dr. Rowe-King has several passions which include being the current Chair of the Credentialing and Qualifications Committee at Broward General Medical Center and serving as a Physician Committee member on the Statewide Childrens Medical Services Physician Review Committee.
Dr. Rowe-King has a vested interest in the delivery of complex medical care to children with special needs. Beginning in 2003 until 2006, she served as Medical Director of the Childrens Multidisciplinary Assessment Team of Childrens Medical Services for Broward County.
Dr. Rowe-King has committed herself to the development of health care services in underserved rural communities. She has been the Medical Mission Team Director of “Friends Reaching Friends,” a nonprofit organization that conducts mission work in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. She has led the Medical Mission Team to the Dominican Republic for the past 8 years and has been accompanied by pediatricians, gynecologists, nurse practitioners and on staff nurses from Broward Health. It is in these underserved communities where pediatric clinics are set up and run from homes and area schools.
Dr. Rowe-King is currently the Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Chris Evert Childrens Hospital and has been nominated to become Chair of the department in May of 2009.
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