Gloria L. Murray
Congratulations
AUDRY C. RADCLIFFE, R.N.
48 Caribbean Life, June 21-27, 2019 BQ
HEALTHCARE AWARDS
Guyanese-born Gloria L. Murray,
a certified nurse midwife
(CNM) and nurse practitioner
(NP), is the owner of Mercy Midwives
Women’s Health Center on Webster
Avenue in the Bronx.
Ms. Murray says she started this
OB-GYN (obstetrics and gynecology)
office in 1999 in conjunction with
Mercy OB / GYN PC.
In 2001, she says she “acquired the
office” and continued her work as the
sole proprietor.
Ms. Murray says she brings more
than 40 years of experience in the
medical field “to serve the people of
the Bronx and anyone else” who would
seek her services.
She began her medical career as a
midwife in Guyana. And, on migration,
she graduated from the Bronx
Community College (BCC), with an
Associate Degree in Nursing; College
of New Rochelle with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Nursing; Mercy College
with a Bachelor of Science in
Community Health and Gerontology;
and SUNY Downstate Medical Center
and University Hospital, with master’s
degrees in Nursing and Midwifery.
Ms. Murray thanks her family
for their support and her numerous
patients for their “support and belief”
in her, which led her to achieving this
award.
She says the best piece of career
advice she has ever received is: “Don’t
be a hero and don’t bite off more than
you can chew.”
Ms. Murray says she would like to
“teach everyone how to cooperate and
live with each other,” when asked if
she had one superpower what would it
be and why.
“This way, the world would be a
lovely place to live in,” she says.
Noreen Peters
Born in the Grenada, West
Indies, Noreen Peters began
her career here in the United
States in the Childcare industry
where she worked for Mrs. Sarah
H. Kelly from October 1981 to September
1987. She left that position
to further her education at the New
York City College of Technology,
where she received an Associate’s
Degree in December 1990. From
May of 1989 to February 1991 she
worked at the Park Med Clinic in
the Nursing field. On February 11,
1991 she joined The Brookdale Hospital
Medical Center as a Registered
Nurse. She was awarded her Registered
Professional Nursing license
on May 9, 1991.
Her tenure at The Brookdale
Hospital Medical Center has been
exclusively in the Pediatrics 8CHC
unit where she has cared for newborns
and their mothers with distinction.
In the late 90’s she was appointed
Union Delegate for The Brookdale
Hospital Medical Center by
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers
East. On February 23, 2017 she
was appointed Contract Administrator
by 1199SEIU United Healthcare
Workers East, working for the
rights of her beloved Nurses. She
continues to serve as a Registered
Nurse in the Pediatrics unit and as
a Union Delegate to this day.
Audry Radcliffe
After earning her teacher’s diploma
from Shortwood Teachers’
College in Kingston, the Jamaican
capital, and spending her teaching
career in the elementary school
system in her native Jamaica, Registered
Nurse Audry Radcliffe says she
needed to change her career when she
migrated to the United States.
And so, after 30 years in the healthfield,
Ms. Radcliffe says she has no
regrets in “making the choice to help
in healing the body after training the
mind.”
She earned her nursing degree at
Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
and has been employed at Beth Israel
Medical Center since 1989.
Here, Ms. Radcliffe says she “skillfully
and loyally performs” her nursing
duties in the Post Anesthesia Care
Unit (PACU).
Ms. Radcliffe continues to show
interest in the education of the young
in her homeland. She says she regularly
makes donations to the United
Neighborhood Network Association,
a charitable organization that awards
scholarships to high school-bound
students in Jamaica.
She says her satisfaction comes from
making her patients feel that they got
the best care she could give, implying
that she is “kind beyond measure.”
Ms. Radcliffe, who works 37.5 hours
per week, says the best piece of career
advice she has ever received is: “Nursing
is selfless service. Do not be discouraged
by the challenges you must
face in your nursing career.”
Being able to eradicate all terminal
illnesses, “because this would eliminate
years of suffering,” is the one
superpower she says she would like
to have.
On being named a
2019
Caribbean American
Healthcare Honoree!
You hard work and dedication are greatly appreciated.
Wishing You Continued Success,
Dr. Charles Melone,
Friends and Co-Workers