An African-American With A Desire To Inspire.
And just like that, both my chief year and my time in North Carolina have come to an end. 🥲 My time as a chief resident officially ended a little over a week ago, and I no longer have any obligations to fulfill in that role. The new chiefs have successfully taken over our jobs […]
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This is it y’all. My chief year is officially coming to an end. Cleaning out my desk last week to make space for the new chief residents of the program made this fact feel all the more real. They officially took over chief duties this past Tuesday, leaving my co-chiefs and I in this ambiguous […]
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Okay, this year has got to be in the top five list of the quickest years I’ve ever lived through. Like, how is 2022 a.k.a. the self-proclaimed “Year of the Dub” already coming to an end?? I remember the beginning of this year so clearly…it all flew by so fast. It feels I was just […]
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Chief year got very real, very fast. Soon after my last blog post, I started the first week of my second Chief rotation, which also served as my last rotation of residency. Like I said in a previous post, this rotation was designed to allow my co-chiefs and I to smoothly transition into the chief […]
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I’ve been doing A LOT of traveling ever since my last post. As a matter of fact, I’m sure that I set a personal record with all the traveling I did this past month. From Denver to Bora Bora to DC to Richmond to San Diego, I felt like I was going nonstop from one […]
Read MoreWe’re almost one month into 2022 and I must say, I’ve had a pretty good start to the year thus far. At the time of my last post, I was just finishing up my six-week long inpatient rotation on a combined sub-specialty service (Cardiology/Gastroenterology) and was about ready for a nice and relaxing week-long holiday […]
Read MoreHey there! Good to see you again, I missed ya! 😄 So I’m sure that by now, you’ve already noticed that there have been a “few” changes to the layout of the blog. Okay, a little more than a few; the blog looks completely different and I love it! 😊 It’s been a long time coming […]
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CHRISTEL WEKON-KEMENI, M.D. DR. CHRISTEL WEKON-KEMENI. Man, it feels SOOO good to be able to FINALLY say that!!! All the work that I’ve put in over the years coupled with the countless sacrifices I’ve made to achieve this goal have all culminated into me being able to call myself a medical doctor!! Of course, this […]
Read MoreBefore I delve into today’s post, I of course have to wish all of you amazing mothers a Happy Mother’s Day!!! I’ve said it in past years, but it will always bear repeating: You are extremely appreciated for all that you do for your families and loved ones! Thank you for everything that you do!! ❤️❤️❤️ Being a […]
Read MoreWe are now only TWO WEEKS AWAY from graduation! The anticipation is really building up now, especially since I’ve officially completed my Intern Boot Camp course as of last Friday. With the completion of this course, I don’t have any other requirements to complete for medical school outside of participating in graduation weekend! So I’m […]
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