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Congratulations to our Advisory Board Members on #Match2022!
Congratulations to our Advisory Board Members on #Match2022!

Congratulations are in order for our Advisory Board Members Sophia Ederaine and Johanny Lopez Dominguez! We were honored to celebrate with them this #MatchDay2022, as they both learned about their residency upon graduation this Spring!

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Board MembersKeiona EadySophiaa Ederaine, dermatology, Match 2022, 2022, Johanny Lopez Dominguez, ElevateMeD Advisory Board, Stanford University, University of California Irvine, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Class of 2022
It was not easy for me
It was not easy for me

I decided to join the Board of Directors for ElevateMeD because it aligns with my core value of inclusion. The literature showed that to provide the best healthcare to our patients, we need to understand their culture, speak their language, among other factors.

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Board MembersRicardo Correa MD, EsD, FACP, FACE, CMQDr. Ricardo Correa, doctores, Latinx doctors, diversify physician workforce, reduce health disparities, international medical student, medical school scholarship
The time to transform healthcare is now!
The time to transform healthcare is now!

Healthcare is my ministry. It is a calling and my inroad to impact social change.  I firmly believe that any disparity within our industry serves as a microcosm for injustices that continue to plague society-at-large.  I am on a mission to truly transform healthcare and looking to partner with anyone that shares the same mindset.

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Board MembersGyasi Chisley, PMP, FACHEGyasi Chisley, Gyasi C. Chisley, career in healthcare, equity in healthcare, health equity, diversity in medicine, diversify physician workforce, healthcare administration, diversity in healthcare administration, healthcare statistics
You can't be what you can't see.
You can't be what you can't see.

I chose to pursue a career in anesthesiology because I enjoy moment-to-moment decision making as well as the practical application of physiology and pharmacology. 3% of anesthesiologists are reported to identify as Black/African-American.  Of those 3%, the majority are women.

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Board MembersTiffany Hardaway MD, MSDr. Tiffany Hardaway, medical school statistics, Black anesthesiologist, Black physicians, Black doctors, Black women physicians
The Dream Makers vs The Dream Breakers
The Dream Makers vs The Dream Breakers

I am very fortunate to have many positive influences in my life that fostered my dream to become a physician. As a child, a favorite toy my parents gave me was a Fisher Price Medical Kit. My personal pediatrician shared stories of his own medical school experience during my annual visits. A college professor instructed me to write a note on my dorm door that said “Dr. Shannon Smith, NOTHING can stop this dream from happening!”.

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Board MembersShannon J. Smith MD, FAAPMRAtlanta, GADr. Shannon Smith, Black women physicians, Black physicians, Black doctors, medical students, Black medical student, Atlanta
Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. might have never become a surgeon...
Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. might have never become a surgeon...

Early this year, I attended the memorial service for Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., one of this country’s all-time great medical educators.  Dr. Leffall was a cancer surgeon who was an inspiration to the more than 6,300 medical students, residents, and fellows he taught during his illustrious career.  Being in his presence always elicited feelings of awe and profound respect.

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Board MembersAndrew Sanderson II MD, MPH, FASGEElevateMeDDr. LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., Black surgeon, cancer surgeon, Dr. Andrew Sanderson II, African American President of the American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society, American College of Surgeons, medical students, medical school scholarship
Everyone is Your Teacher
Everyone is Your Teacher

I had the most incredible experience as the medical director for the Undergraduate Plummer Scholars program at Mayo Clinic.  We built a summer program with the exact resources that I wished I had access to as a rising junior in college. During this week I was exhausted by all that I had to give and share with these 8 brilliant students.  What I did not anticipate, was the awe inspiring energy they would return such that my cup runneth over.

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Board MembersAlyx Porter Umphrey, MD, FAANElevateMeDDr. Alyx Porter Umphrey, Everyone is your teacher, medical students, Black medical student, Mayo Clinic, physician mentor, medical school scholarship
Filling a Gap in a Leaky Pipeline
Filling a Gap in a Leaky Pipeline

I began my education at Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) in the summer of 1998. Being at one of the nation’s most prestigious Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) with a reputation of producing the largest number of Black/African-American physicians in the country, I instantly felt at home at an institution designed for my success.

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Board MembersGregory Umphrey MDDr. Gregory Umphrey, Howard University, Howard University College of Medicine, HBCU, Black doctors, Black physicians, Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, US Surgeons General, Black men in medicine, Black Men White Coats
The Explosion of a Dream
The Explosion of a Dream

In my professional life, I am frequently the only black person in the room.  The exam room, the workroom, the conference room, the coffee room, and the lecture room.  I’ve become accustomed to the heaviness of this fact though never forget that I am in these spaces because of the sacrifices of others before me.

This letter touched me and forced me to remember…


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Board MembersAlyx Porter Umphrey, MD, FAANEmory University School of MedicineDr. Alyx Porter Umphrey, Emory University, Emory University School of Medicine, Black women physicians, Black doctors, Black physicians, medical school rejection letter, school admissions rejection letter, Black neuro-oncologist, Langston Hughes quote, Atlanta