Dr. Julius Garvey

Thoracic surgeon and medical professor Dr. Julius W. Garvey was born in Kingston, Jamaica to United Negro Improvement Association founder Marcus Garvey, and activist Amy Jacques Garvey. He earned his B.S. from McGill University in Montréal, Quebec in 1957, and his M.D., C.M. from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1961.

In 1962, Garvey began his first residency in surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital of New York, completing the residency in 1965. Garvey completed a subsequent residency in surgery at the Harlem Hospital Center in 1968, and in thoracic & cardiovascular surgery at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland in 1970. Upon completing his residencies, Garvey became an instructor in surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1971. The following year, he joined the Albert Einstein College of Medicine as an instructor in surgery, quickly gaining an assistant professor of surgery position. In 1974, Garvey was named attending-in-charge of thoracic surgery at Queens Hospital Center. Garvey was chief of thoracic and vascular surgery at Queens Hospital Center from 1993 to 2006, and chief of vascular and thoracic surgery at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center from 2000 to 2004.