Shekinah Elmore (–July 24, 2024) was an assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.[1] As both a cancer doctor and a self-described "cancer person", she was known for her work in cancer patient advocacy among her fellow physicians and for her public speaking and writing.[2] She wrote and spoke publicly about surviving childhood rhabdomyosarcoma in the New England Journal of Medicine.[3]
While training at Harvard Medical School she focused on understanding and improving radiotherapy access in resource-limited settings and promoting pathways for resident involvement in improving global radiotherapy. Elmore received a Fulbright award to travel to Rwanda and study how patients there experience cancer treatment, which she spoke about at TEDMED.[4]
Elmore died in 2024.[5]
She received her BA from Brown University, her MPH from Columbia University, and her MD from Harvard Medical School.