Why Did I Decide To Create “Black Man, M.D.”?
- To help crush negative stereotypes.
- To help air my thoughts out as I happily trudged thru medical school and to share my ongoing story with whoever cares to listen.
- To help keep me sane throughout this brutal, yet rewarding journey.
- To help quell the fears of many students out there who have dreams of obtaining a medical degree, but don't know what to expect in medical school.
- To help create an online presence for men, especially minority men, looking to enter the medical field.
- To provide a unique and not-too-commonly heard perspective of medical school.
- To provide a more optimistic outlook of life as a medical school student, in contrast to the negative reputation it commonly receives from a large number of people.
- To prove that you can still live a great and exciting life even as a medical student. No need to make yourself miserable.
- To try and catalyze positive thinking in the minds of the readers.
- To represent the fact that I was a young, Black man working to become a physician as well as the fact that I was just like any other medical student with a story and a background.
- To hopefully serve as some type of inspiration to the readers, whether or not they want to enter the medical field.
- To provide a source of genuine entertainment for both myself and the readers.
Now as for myself, I'm a first-generation American with Cameroonian roots who was born in Boston and raised in Virginia. I attended college at the University of Miami, earned my medical degree from the Wake Forest School of Medicine, and completed both my residency training and Chief Resident year in Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina. I am now one of the first-year Pediatric Nephrology fellows at Emory University. Feel free to join me as I vibe on this ride we call life.
If you would like to reach me for whatever reason, feel free to contact me at inspire@blackmanmd.com.
Or just leave a comment on any of my posts!
Wow cuz.. Just stumbled upon this blog by chance and I must say I AM REALLY IMPRESSED. keep it up kiddo. As determined as you are I know U shall make us proud.
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!! I’m happy to hear that you were able to find this blog and that you are impressed by it! 😁
How much do I love this?? Enough to come to the office with better snacks!!
Hahaha thanks a ton Stacy!! I’ll definitely have to find time to stop by soon and catch up!
This is so dope!!! Our black man can be and do anything and you are living proof. I have so much love and respect for black men and I love seeing them beat stereotypes! I’m super excited to read more of your blog.
Thank you so much Angelina! Your words mean a ton to me! Battling stereotypes is an uphill struggle and exhausting at times, but it’s important that we continue to fight them, no matter what!
No problem! Keep doing your thing!
Came here from Imperfectly Dr. Jay! You have a great blog, I definitely agree that there is a huge lack of minority male in medical school online, you have a strong platform to share so use it your advantage! I am a medical student as well and I love what you have going here, good luck to you!
Awesome! I’m happy to hear that you were able to find my blog from Dr. Jay! And I really appreciate your kind words; I’m just tryna spark a bit of change out here! Good luck to you too and I’ll be checking out your blog as well! 😉
My blog is carefreemedgirl.wordpress.com, I was wondering if I could feature you for my diversity in medicine segment asking you why you feel you are a role model to other black med in medicine, you can email me at carefreemedgirl@gmail.com! Thanks!