Dr. June Colman
Dr. June Colman was born in Galveston, Texas in 1963. Her father worked as a burn technician at the Shriners Hospital for Children Galveston Burn Hospital. Her mother was a nurse. Dr. Colman lived in Galveston until junior high school when her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to Houston.
Dr. Colman voiced her desire to be a doctor at an early age, and thus attended a Vanguard program in high school. The Vanguard was part of the Magnet plan in the Houston Independent School District designed to provide programs whose quality and special focus attracted students from across the district to attend integrated schools. Vanguard served gifted and talented students. Through the Vanguard program, Dr. Colman believed that she received a well-rounded education that prepared her for college and medical school.
Dr. Colman majored in biology at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated in 1985. Like many applicants, she was not accepted into medical school in her first year of application but she remained determined to reach her goal of being a doctor. She became a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine while she reapplied to medical schools. In 1987 she started at Meharry College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She was the first Born on the Island (BOI) native to become a resident there.
Hoping to remain in Houston, Dr. Colman worked at a clinic in east Houston for five years. In 2002 she opened her own clinic in the same year called Serenity Healthcare for Women. A second Serenity Clinic is expected to open soon near the University of Houston campus.
Dr. Colman is a member of the Houston Medical Forum and became Vice President in 2006.
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