Millicent A. Comrie

Millicent A. Comrie, MD, MOH, FACOG is the Director and founder of the Center for Women’s Health, Maimonides Medical Center for Women’s heath in Brooklyn. Dr. Comrie was also Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the State University of New York (SUNY) – Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Dr. Comrie did her residency at LICH in obstetrics and gynecology, and was the hospital’s Chief of Adolescent Gynecology from 1983 to 1989. She is particularly interested in the management of fibroids and menopause and has established the Fibroid Center, the only facility in Brooklyn offering an integrated gynecological, surgical and/or radiological approach to treatment. Over the past several years, she has increased community outreach and forged alliances with community organizations to improve women’s health.

Dr. Comrie holds an MD from SUNY- Downstate and an MPH in maternal and child health population and family planning from Columbia University School of Public Health. She is a fellow of both the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Brooklyn Gynecological Society, and a member of the Organization for International Development and the Caribbean – American Outreach Association. She also served as Director of the Myrtle Ferguson Girls Rescue Center in Kingston, Jamaica. She has done medical missions in Jamaica, West Indies.

Dr. Comrie received the Physician Recognition Award from LICH in 1996, and the Masters teacher Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology from SUNY Alumni Association in 2001. Additionally, she was honored by The Victims of Violence, Rape Crisis Intervention program, for her dedicated and compassionate care of survivors in crisis. Dr. Comrie has been selected as one of the top black doctors in New York and New Jersey. She was selected as one of the top 100 by New York Magazine for 3 years in a row.