We had another DIVA DOCS BOSTON #BlackWomenDoctors meal gathering. These small events are meant for us to connect, mentor, network & just be ourselves in a space that's safe to share. We come to lift each other up, and have FUN. We leave renewed. #BlackWomeninMedicine The Black Women MD Network

Excited for new role as Vice Dean of Practice for Mayo Clinic, working w/ Amy Watt Williams, Exec Dean of MC Practice. Will serve on all CPCs (Midwest, FL, AZ, international) and spend time quarterly at south sites!

My 🏡 will be back in MN, but here to serve across all Mayo! 🤗

I'm a Physician Battling #LongCOVID . I Can Assure You It's Real medscape.com/viewarticle/98…

100 Reasons IMGs add value to US Medical workforce:

1/100 We add multilingual & multicultural perspective, from understanding our patients to delivering care.

IMGs Let’s share 💯 reasons!🧵

Great job Barra Madden, MD!

A child came into the ER with burns on back. Mom had braided her hair with extensions, burned the ends & was dipping the ends in hot water when the child moved. Staff thought it was a child abuse case when a #DIVADOC said yes this IS an accident. #WeMatter

Today's harvest. #GardeningJoy

#Microaffirmation Monday
#Microaffirmation Quote of the Day ( #MQOD )

'It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.' –Alice Walker

#MQOD : Countering #microaggression one microaffirming quote at a time

#BlackWomenDoctors

'Whatever you fear most has no power – it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.' –Oprah Winfrey

It's a get up and dance 💃 🎶 because it's going to 70 degrees and gorgeous kind of day!

#TellHerStory #CeliaCruz

'Blackness and femaleness have never been sources of systemic advantage in corporate spaces. The disparities and inequities have long been proven. Now we need the moral fortitude and collective will to actually do something about it.'

True for both corporate and medical spaces

'But simply because many Black women have in fact beat the odds, that doesn’t mean the game has been fair. Oftentimes, it just means they were that much better...Workplace experience and professional success in many ways remain stubbornly tethered to both gender and race.' #FACTS

The McKinsey study quoted below focuses on the experiences of #blackwomen in the corporate world, but many #blackwomen doctors will attest(privately or publically) to similar experiences in #medicine .

It's #racism & #sexism plus #colorism & other 'isms.'

www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes…

Good morning from Boston's seaport!

The real test of a skilled baker is if your baked product comes out of the pan without breaking.

I literally hold my breath each time.

Today I present to you a skilled baker.

Behold my homemade pumpkin spice pound cake.