Growing up as the daughter of a prominent dentist in Dallas, there was no doubt Pamela Jeffery Cunningham would become a doctor. But her father wanted her to become an obstetrician, believing that was a more appropriate profession for a woman. Instead, she became an anesthesiologist, a rare career choice for a Black woman and possibly a first for her hometown. “Pam had been a barrier-breaker from the beginning,” said her husband, West Palm Beach attorney F. Malcolm Cunningham Jr. Dr. Cunningham died last week after a nine-year battle with a rare form of salivary gland cancer that often attacks people in their 50s. She was 62. 

<p>Growing up as the daughter of a prominent dentist in Dallas, there was no doubt Pamela Jeffery Cunningham would become a doctor.&nbsp;But&nbsp;her father wanted her to become an obstetrician, believing that was a more appropriate profession for a woman.&nbsp;Instead, she became an anesthesiologist, a rare career choice for a&nbsp;Black woman&nbsp;and possibly a first for her hometown.&nbsp;&ldquo;Pam had been a barrier-breaker from the beginning,&rdquo; said her husband, West Palm Beach&nbsp;attorney&nbsp;F. Malcolm Cunningham Jr.&nbsp;Dr. Cunningham died last week after a nine-year battle with a rare form of salivary gland cancer that often attacks people in their 50s. She was 62.&nbsp;</p>

Palm Beach News Briefs - The Palm Beach Post  - West Palm Beach, Florida

<p>Palm Beach News Briefs - The Palm Beach Post &nbsp;- West Palm Beach, Florida</p>

Palm Beach News Briefs - The Palm Beach Post  - West Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach News Briefs - The Palm Beach Post

Palm Beach - Pioneering Black doctor, Pamela Cunningham, dies