Item 749: 00749_Gurnell_Kathy Scott_African American Physicians

Item — Box: 13

Staff Only

Interviewer(s): Lauran-Kerr Heraly

Project: University of Houston

Dr. Kathy Scott-Gurnell was born in Houston, went to college at UT in Austin, then followed with medical school at UTMB in Galveston. She did her residency and pediatrics internship at UT Medical School in Houston, and eventually shifted disciplines to work as a child psychiatrist. She talks about African Americans working twice as hard both in school and in their professional lives. Dr. Scott-Gurnell also discusses her experiences as an African American physician, and contributions she made to the medical field.

Dates

1996-2017

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Oral history interviews are only available for use when the University of Houston Libraries is in possession of a release form signed by both interviewee and interviewer allowing for such access.