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Black Man, M.D.

Black Man, M.D.

An African-American With A Desire To Inspire.

4th Year: Flex Block #1 & Winter Break ’18

  1. Shifting Into High Gear
  2. Blazing The Trail
  3. Riding It Out
  4. Coming Full Circle
  5. Kickin’ Back
  6. The Start of Something New

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Just In Case You Missed It!

  • Stuck In The Grind October 18, 2019
  • The Marathon Continues September 29, 2019
  • 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

My Timeline In Medicine

  • Intern Year: Fall
  • 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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To all of you who have been either wondering whatever happened to the Black Man, M.D. Health Career Spotlight Series or have been asking me when it would be starting up again, I’ve got some great news for you! • THE HEALTH CAREER SPOTLIGHT SERIES WILL BE BACK SOON!!! 😎 • Ever since I launched this popular and inspiring spotlight series three years ago, there have been almost ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY underrepresented minority students and professionals in the field of healthcare who have graciously taken the time to not only share some of their unique experiences with us, but to also share with us some remarkable advice and wisdom that we could all use in each of our own lives, regardless of the paths we choose to take! • It has been such an honor to use my platform to share their stories with others and I continue to be amazed about the fact that there are SO MANY PEOPLE who have been positively influenced by the spotlight series. To this very day, there isn’t a day that goes by without people visiting the blog to click on some of the pages of the stellar students and professionals who’ve been featured in the past! • While there are a lot of fantastic people who have been featured in this series already, I am certain that there are A LOT MORE of you out there who deserve to have the spotlight shone on you, whether you believe it or not. I am also sure that you know others whom you feel deserves to be recognized for all that they do or have already done in healthcare. I want to be able to help you share your story, as well as the stories of the people in your life deserving of a feature, with the readers of the blog so that they can have the opportunity to be motivated by what both you and other successful people have to say! • If you are an underrepresented student or professional studying and/or working in the field of healthcare and would be at all interested in sharing your unique story as well as some useful advice and wisdom with others, please click the link in my bio! If you know any underrepresented students or professionals in healthcare who you feel would benefit others by being featured, please share this opportunity with them! • (cont. in comments)
The fist signifies solidarity, unity, strength, resistance against the historical status quo and defiance against negative stereotypes that plague minorities on a daily basis. • The arm with the snake coiled around it symbolizes the Rod of Asclepius, a symbol historically associated with medicine and healthcare. • The lightbulb symbolizes the blog’s motto, “A Desire To Inspire”, with the twelve radiating lines symbolizing the twelve reasons the blog was created in the first place. • You are now looking at Black Man, M.D.’s new logo. I hope you like it! 😄 And if you don’t, well....🤷🏿‍♂️ • Shoutout to @nicolejoe for helping me design the logo! ✊🏿 • Also, check out my newest post, “The Marathon Continues”, by clicking the link in my bio and clicking on “Recent Posts”! • • • #BlackManMD #RepresentationMatters #TheDubWay #Healthcare #Excellence #Blog #Blogger #MedicalStudent #MedicalSchool #Residency #Melanin #MelaninDoc #ReseauDocteur #FutureDoctors #MinorityDoctors #Underrepresented #Physician #Dentist #Optometrist #Pharmacist #Nurse #NursePractitioner #PhysicianAssistant #Motivation #MinoritiesInMedicine #GodsPlan
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

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