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Black Man, M.D.

Black Man, M.D.

An African-American With A Desire To Inspire.

4th Year: CHOP Pediatrics Sub-Internship

  1. New City, New Flow
  2. Evolution.
  3. Workin’ Day & Night
  4. Christel Wekon-Kemeni, (7/8) M.D.

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Just In Case You Missed It!

  • Trusting The Process September 15, 2019
  • Life On The Learning Curve September 4, 2019
  • You Can Call Me “Dr. Dub” August 18, 2019
  • Life On The Night Shift August 7, 2019
  • Double Down & Level Up July 21, 2019
  • The “Best Start To Intern Year” Award Goes To… July 7, 2019
  • The Dawn Of A New Era June 22, 2019
  • Life After Graduation June 11, 2019
  • Christel Wekon-Kemeni, M.D. May 22, 2019
  • A Bright Future May 12, 2019

My Timeline In Medicine

  • Intern Year: Summer
  • Intern Year: The Transition
  • The Making Of A Black Man, M.D.
  • 4th Year: The Finale
  • 4th Year: Flex Block #2
  • 4th Year: Diagnostic Radiology
  • 4th Year: Immigrant Health/Public Health Elective
  • 4th Year: Anesthesia Acting Internship
  • 4th Year: Flex Block #1 & Winter Break ’18
  • 4th Year: CHOP Pediatrics Sub-Internship
  • 4th Year: CNMC Allergy & Immunology Away Elective
  • 4th Year: Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology AI
  • 4th Year: Neonatal ICU
  • 4th Year: Victory Junction Summer Camp
  • 4th Year: Step Study Block
  • 3rd Year: Emergency Medicine
  • 3rd Year: Family Medicine
  • 3rd Year: Surgery
  • 3rd Year: Neurology
  • 3rd Year: Psychiatry
  • 3rd Year: Pediatrics
  • 3rd Year: Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • 3rd Year: Internal Medicine
  • 2nd Year: Spring Semester
  • Winter Break ’16
  • 2nd Year: Fall Semester
  • Summer ’16
  • 1st Year: Spring Semester
  • Winter Break ’15
  • 1st Year: Fall Semester
  • One Chance (One Dance Parody)

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Ever since I decided to switch gears from Ophthalmology and fully commit to a career in Pediatrics halfway through my third year in medical school, I’ve been regularly asked by countless individuals how and why I decided to pursue this field of medicine. After having answered this question WAY TOO MANY times, I finally decided to just write a post about my decision! 😊 • This post is for everyone who is, or was at any point in time, curious as to why I felt like pursuing a career in Pediatrics was right for me! It is also for those of you out there who are considering this field of medicine and would like some more insight into the specialty! • And to you all who don’t fit into either category, I still think that it would be a great read for you, so you should still check it out and definitely share it with people in your life that you think could benefit from it! • You can find the post by visiting BlackManMD.com/Why-I-Decided-To-Become-A-Pediatrician or clicking on the link in my bio! • Thanks a ton for your time and I hope that you enjoy the read! 😁 • #ADesireToInspire #BlackManMD #DrDub #TheDubWay #RepresentationMatters #MinoritiesInMedicine #Pediatrics #MedicalSchool #MedicalStudent #FutureDoctors #Doctor #Medicine #Healthcare #Grit #Perseverance #Motivation #MinorityDoctors #Melanin #MelaninDoc #ReseauDocteur #Blog #Blogger #GodsPlan
Love. Family. Friends. Great Vibes. 😊👌🏿🙏🏿 • #EngagementParty #GreatVibes #Love #BlackLove #Family #Friends #Fun #BlackExcellence #BrightFuture #EverythingIsLove
What’s better than one intern’s birthday? Two; especially when they in the same cohort as you 😎🔥 • Shoutout to Joanna for being my birthday twin! She thought she looked like a bum in her scrubs; I told her she looked like a hero, especially since she was coming off of a night shift lol. Also, thanks sooo much to everyone who wished me a happy birthday today! You all are very much appreciated! And a huge shoutout to my amazing team for getting me a balloon and all sorts of desserts for my special day! 😊 • Now I may have spent my 26th birthday working in the hospital...and work may have been CRAZY BUSY today...but at least I was lookin’ fresh while keeping my patients alive 😂 • #BirthdayBoy #MadeItPast25 #ManImGettingOldForRealForReal 😅#30AintTooFarAway #PositiveVibes #TheLifeOfDrDub #TheDubWay #Pediatrics #Medicine
“Hey! How are you today? My name is Dr. Wekon-Kemeni, but you can call me Dr. Dub for short because it’s much easier to say and remember!” 😁 • This is how I’ve been greeting the vast majority of my patients and their families in my continuity clinic these past couple of weeks, and it has been a smashing hit! 🙌🏿🔥 • Not only has Dr. Dub served as a great nickname, it has also coincidentally symbolized something that is positive and very important to me. By calling myself Dr. Dub, I’m giving myself a constant reminder to try and create a win out of any situation or circumstance that I’m in and to maintain a winning mentality, especially in the face of adversity. This mentality allows me to transform the L’s that life will eventually throw my way into important lessons to learn from, which will then ultimately present opportunities that I can use to set myself up for future wins. • This positive mindset will undoubtedly produce positive energy, that of which I want to spread to the patients I encounter as well as to just about anybody else I come in contact with! • Shoutout to @erikamegan for coming up with this dope nickname for me! Just another reason to add to the “why deciding to marry her was a great idea” list 😂 • 📸: @erikamegan • • • #AllowMeToReintroduceMyself #DrDub #DrDubLuhhhDaKids #BlackManMD #TheMarathonContinues #WatchMeWork #RepresentationMatters #ADesireToInspire #MinoritiesInMedicine #TheBlessingsContinue #Pediatrics • #Blog #Medicine #Healthcare #Excellence #Grit #Patience #Perseverance #Resilience #MelaninDoc #ReseauDocteur
I pray that our future together is just as bright as our clothes ☺️🙏🏿 • #FiveYearsStrong #ALifetimeToGo #BlackLove #Engaged #SummerTingz #FreshRetwistWhoDis #YellowBePoppinOnMelanin #YellowErrthing #Chiquita! #Lemoooon #IfYouKnowYouKnow
The FINAL scores of our five scholarship finalists have officially been tallied up!! 🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿 • After seven weeks of rigorous application review by our esteemed judges and an intense week of voting where 3,431 votes were cast, a winner of the inaugural Desire To Inspire Scholarship has finally been selected! • Please join me in congratulating Anais Humes, a rising high school senior from Miami, FL, as the recipient of the 2019 Desire To Inspire Scholarship!! • I would like to thank every single person who helped to make this scholarship a reality! It’s crazy to think that this scholarship was originally an off-the-wall idea that I came up with a couple of years ago; an idea that ultimately came about as a direct result of my desire to help others attain a quality education after I had been blessed with a full-tuition scholarship to attend college at The University of Miami! • It has simply been incredible to bear witness to the creation and development of this scholarship, especially since I had no idea how it would all end up playing out. I’m humbled and honored that so many people decided to donate to the scholarship fund and that the judges took the time out of their already busy schedules to help review the applications that had been sent in. I am also amazed at how many scholars decided to apply for the scholarship and at how incredible many of the applicants are! I know that there are so many great things in store for them in the future! • Thank you again to everyone who played a part in making this scholarship a success! I’m looking forward to continuing to help young scholars reach and achieve their hopes and dreams! And a HUGE congratulations again to all five of the amazing finalists; you are all remarkably inspiring and are destined for greatness!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I’m pleased to announce that the voting round of The Desire To Inspire Scholarship HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿 • We received a lot of incredible applications for the scholarship and learned not only all the great things that the applicants are doing at their respective schools and in their communities across the nation, but also what inspiration meant to these amazing students and how they are actively inspiring others around them on a regular basis. While we wish we could give many of our applicants some scholarship money, the scholarship can ultimately only go to one person! • Out of the almost 200 applicants who applied for the scholarship, the five applicants with the highest averaged application scores were selected to advance to the voting round, where their application answers will be read and voted upon by the public. The purpose of this competition is to not only give the public the chance to actively participate in a scholarship process that was funded by them, but also to provide these incredible students a way to share with the world what they are doing to inspire others around them! • Pictured above are the finalists of the inaugural Desire To Inspire Scholarship! In order to read their application answers and vote on the scholar who inspires you the most, visit BlackManMD.com or simply click the link in my bio! • Please help me in congratulating these amazing and inspiring young individuals!! 👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 • • • #TheDesireToInspireScholarship #ADesireToInspire #ItsOnlyACrazyDreamUntilYouDoIt #Scholarship #BlackManMD #RepresentationMatters #ThriveToStrive #Healthcare #Excellence #Blog #Blogger #MedicalStudent #MedicalSchool #Melanin #MelaninDoc #ReseauDocteur #FutureDoctors #MinorityDoctors #Underrepresented #Physician #Dentist #Optometrist #Pharmacist #Nurse #NursePractitioner #PhysicianAssistant #Motivation #MinoritiesInMedicine #GodsPlan
Have you ever been in the state of mind called “flow” (also known as being “in the zone”), where you’re so focused and immersed in an enjoyable activity that you lose all track of space and time? I get that feeling from time to time when I type up a blog post, and I definitely was in that state of mind as I typed up my most recent post today. • This post felt somewhat different from my usual ones though. As I was nearing the end of this one, I felt a renewed surge of energy, confidence, and purpose that legit came out of nowhere. I was literally starting to get chills as I typed up the last couple paragraphs. It’s crazy because I had meant to end the post before I had even got to this last section... • Although I have written 200+ original posts on my blog over the years, there are a select few that really inspire me the way this one just did. I really feel like a switch just clicked in my head, and it feels awesome. I am SO ready for the challenges that lay ahead. 👊🏿🔥 • Click the link in my bio (“Recent Posts”) to check out the post! It’s titled “Double Down & Level Up”! • • • #ADesireToInspire #Flow #InTheZone #TheMarathonContinues #WatchMeWork #BlackManMD #RepresentationMatters #MinoritiesInMedicine #TheBlessingsContinue #Pediatrics #Medicine #Healthcare #Grit #Perseverance #MelaninDoc #Blog #Blogger
This morning I was granted the sacred honor of serving, for the very first time, as a primary care physician to two children who were scheduled to see me in continuity clinic. While their visits were far from complicated, my interactions with them and their families still left me feeling accomplished and satisfied. I really felt like I made some sort of positive impact in their day, even if all I did was offer some encouragement, prescribe a simple medication and provide some helpful information. The fact that they truly saw me as their doctor really resonated with me and left me feeling empowered. ☺️ • While I still have a ways to go before I truly feel 100% comfortable calling myself a doctor, I’m 100% sure that I’ve found a calling in Pediatrics. My career is going to be spectacular and I’m going to positively impact the lives of countless children and their families. I have A LOT to learn and I’m going to make a ton of mistakes along the way, but with patience, perseverance, grit, and my support system, there’s NO WAY that I won’t be successful!! ✊🏿🔥 • #TheMarathonContinues #WatchMeWork #BlackManMD #RepresentationMatters #MondayMotivation #ADesireToInspire #Invictus #MinoritiesInMedicine #TheBlessingsContinue #Pediatrics #Medicine #Grit #Patience #Perseverance #MelaninDoc
First day of residency and I’m all smiles, even after my co-intern and I learned that we were going to be the only doctors on-site today 😁🥴 • #CampCarefree #FirstDayOfWork #MinoritiesInMedicine #BlackManMD #MelaninDoc #MedicalDoctor #AllSmilesNow #LetsSeeHowImFeelingInNovemberTho 😅

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