by Ucchena Umeh | Jul 3, 2019 | Be the Change
So, I was minding my business doing school work at home last Monday, when I looked at my phone and noticed a message on Facebook messenger from a random gentleman that I had never heard of before. He introduced himself as Dr. Wilson Lam, a member of a group of doctors...
by Amanda Mohammed | May 21, 2019 | Be the Change
Being in medicine requires practitioners to be more than a clinician but also an advocate, coordinator, counselor, information resource and supporter for patients. As physicians we are in an unique position to understand and treat the protean manifestations of...
by Akua Ampadu | May 16, 2019 | Be the Change
Last year a Texas based physician came under fire after he was quoted in a medical journal stating female physicians earn less because we do not “work as hard”. A repost on the Facebook group Physician Mom’s Group, an online community of over 70,000...
by Bande M. Virgil & Natasha K. Sriraman | Apr 28, 2019 | Be the Change
On a busy clinic day in my previous life as an outpatient pediatrician, I recall multitasking from one exam room to the next on a weekday afternoon. Typically, newborns were scheduled for the morning, mostly to ensure things like jaundice checks could be done in a...
by Sara Khan | Apr 10, 2019 | Be the Change
For medical providers to treat all their patients justly- without discrimination and judgement – is a mindset that medical students are frequently taught to embrace throughout their medical training. It is a mindset that we must be reminded of constantly since...
by Uchenna L. Umeh | Mar 19, 2019 | Be the Change
My name is Uchenna Umeh, fondly called Dr. Lulu by my patients. I am a pediatrician and a mom of two teens and one young adult. I like to think of myself as a Momatrician because I have been blessed with not only my own biological children, but I have also been...
