DR. THORNTON is a national bestselling author and a double-Board certified specialist in obstetrics, gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine and is the former Vice Chair of the Department of OB/GYN at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in New York City. She is now a consultant in perinatology.

Dr. Thornton is the first black woman in the United States to be Board-certified in High-Risk Obstetrics.

She received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and is a former Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cornell University (Weill) Medical College.

She and her husband volunteered for active military duty and she was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy at The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda (Hospital of The President)

Dr. Thornton is listed in Whos Who in America, Whos Who in the World and the has been listed in Best Doctors in the New York Metro Area. Her television appearances include: The Oprah Winfrey Show, The TODAY Show and Good Morning, America.

She was the first woman in the 165-year history of the International Platform Association to win the prestigious Daniel Webster Oratorical Competition held annually in Washington, DC.

She is the author of the best-selling family biography, The Ditchdiggers Daughters which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and had never been out of print. The book was named ONE BOOK NEW JERSEY in 2006, and made into a World Premiere movie. Her other books include Woman to Woman and Primary Care for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist.

Dr. Thornton has been married for 35 years to an orthopedic surgeon and she is the mother of two children. Her daughter is a graduate of Stanford University and her son, also a physician, is a cum laude graduate of Harvard, received his medical degree from Columbia University and is now studying Neurosurgery.
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