How to Hold On to Your Brand Despite Tremendous Adversity
Choate Rosemary Hall: TedX
Black Women, Hair Care & Exercise: Tips & Tricks
In This Video I had the pleasure of being featured as a guest on Black America’s Health, a YouTube channel where Black doctors and experts break down Black health topics for the everyday person, down to the basics. About This Episode Black women, hair care & exercise: Episode 15 We all know
Quotes and songs to help you survive COVID-19
I’m a cardiology fellow on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many, I know suffering. In 2017, I lost my father to rapidly progressive dementia. I was postpartum at the time, and he did not even know I was ever pregnant. My stepfather — my father since I was
I’m a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.
Knock knock. Who could that be? I wondered. It was such an aggressive knock — definitely not friendly — that I froze. I finally stood up and walked to the door. I opened it with purpose, ready to confront the person on the other side. He said: “Your neighbors called
There is a health care disparity in human genetics
The medicine model has changed since our predecessors practiced medicine in the days of Dr. William Osler. These days, medicine is a commercialized industry. The hospital makes this clear by prioritizing charting and patient satisfaction over patient care. Also, patients are accountable for making it feel this way. Some patients
Analyzing the deficit of African-Americans in academic medicine
The number of African-American physicians in academic medicine is dismal, and this leads to an abundance of problems. Academic hospitals (teaching hospitals associated with universities) generally do not have a proportionate representation of underrepresented minority faculty as compared to the surrounding population. According to a U.S. News & World Report