🇸🇴🇨🇦Mom, Orthopod
@NMOrthopaedics
in Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction & Replacement, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
@NUFeinbergMed
Hi, I’m an orthopedic surgeon. This is my friend
@DineeMD
, a transplant surgeon. We are both operating today. We aren’t the same person. Please stop updating me on the status of the kidney.
#blackwomeninmedicine
#BlackintheIvory
Female arthroplasty surgeons make up 1.2% of all joint replacement surgeons. So when your team (med student, resident, PA and scrub nurse) are all women, the future looks bright!
@womenofwogo
@womenAAHKS
When your wife is named an assistant
#dean
of medical education,
#proud
doesn’t begin to capture the emotion. Congratulations
@LindaSuleimanMD
on this well-deserved honor and distinction.
Love that I can walk into the preop area
@NorthwesternMed
and see these fabulous surgeons every morning. Urology + General surgery + Neurosurgery + Vascular + Ortho + ENT = Melanin poppin 👩🏾⚕️🙌🏾💪🏾💃🏾💜
#ilooklikeasurgeon
This is my mentee
@ZenaidaEnchill
. I’ve known her since she entered medical school
@NUFeinbergMed
She met with me March 2021 and said
“I want to be an orthopaedic surgeon. Is it too late?”
Me: No!
Now she is headed to
@harvardortho
Mentorship and Sponsorship 🔑🔑
Seeing patients in clinic today. A very nice woman says “I’m so happy I am seeing a female orthopaedic surgeon for my knee OA....especially a woman of color.” Diversity matters to our pts.
#blackwomenmatter
@NMOrthopaedics
This year’s keynote speaker is Nikole Hannah-Jones (
@nhannahjones
), a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and creator of the
@nytimes
’
#1619Project
.
Jones will speak on Jan. 24. These programs are free and open to the public—for more info and to register:
I first met my mentee Zenaida as an M1
@NUFeinbergMed
. I’m proud to see her in my OR today as an M3. Mentor early. Sponsor always.
#blackgirlsdosurgery
Happy
#NationalWomenPhysicians
day. Today I pay homage to the first African American female orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Claudia Thomas. She has paved the way for the 0.4% who exist day. Thank you Dr. Thomas.
#blackdiamonds
#bwos
This is 36. 🎂
Got to enjoy my birthday in the OR teaching my resident and medical student joint replacements.
Added bonus was operating next to my first mentor, friend and colleague who introduced me to joints as an intern Dr. David Stulberg.
#ilooklikeasurgeon
10 years ago today I matched into Orthopaedic Surgery
@NMOrthopaedics
.
Today I head back to where it all started
@HowardU
aka “The Mecca” 💙💙 for the residency recruitment fair!
Sharing my match day photos from 2012
#howardgirl
#howardmade
Of all the jobs I have the best is being a
#mom
. During Med school I was told you couldn’t be a mom and surgeon. Thankfully I’ve seen some bad a** ladypods set a phenomenal example.
Happy Mother’s Day 💜
🚨🚨Congratulation to my sister, friend and work wife
@teni_brown
, the new Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
@McGawGME
.
Shout out to our hubbies for putting up with our shenanigans
@QuentinYoumans
🤣🤣
She is our ancestors wildest dreams. My daughter will grow up knowing a woman of color in this country can reach any height.
THIS IS EVERYTHING.
#blackgirlmagic
#whitepantsuit
I wake up optimistic of what the day will bring. Seeing patients, operating and teaching. But with recent injustices and our president promoting violence, today I just can’t be hopeful and optimistic. Today I will walk into clinic tired and scared for my black family.
Proud of this
@NMOrthopaedics
ladypod and incredible surgeon Danielle Chun who matched today into a Hip and Knee Arthroplasty fellowship
@DukeOrtho
.
Mentor early, sponsor and encourage ALWAYS!
@womenAAHKS
@AAHKS
“No coat would ever be white enough to overcome my
#black
skin.” I remember the night my husband
@QuentinYoumans
came home and told me a pt called him the N-word. I was shocked and angry. I’m proud of him for sharing this experience that has happened to so many black docs.
#Racism
is often subtle, and sometimes so blatant that it stuns. The words of
@QuentinYoumans
are powerful: Ten years of training and . . . no coat would ever be white enough to overcome my black skin in some patients' eyes.
#endracismnow
“I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrong-doing.” Happy
#NationalDoctorsDay
! Special shout out to my better half
@QuentinYoumans
💜
✨Honored.
✨Grateful.
✨Inspired.
Thank you
@AAHKS
for featuring
#ourstory
.
I’m lucky to be part of the 7
#blackwomen
fellowship trained in total joint arthroplasty.
I hope we aren’t the last.
Congrats to my friend, mentor and fellow
@HowardU
bison in being named as the Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery
@pittortho
. There is no one more deserving than Dr. MaCalus “Mac” Hogan!
There’s a new Chair of Ortho
@PittTweet
!
“A graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana & Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. Hogan was recruited by Dr. Fu to Pitt, where he earned an executive MBA & most recently served as professor of orthopaedic surgery at the SOM.” 🎉
Thank you
@AAHKS
for the opportunity to participate in the Traumaplasty symposium!
If ever on a gigantic screen, make sure your lip is poppin 🫦💋💄
@NMOrthopaedics
@LindaSuleimanMD
giving a great talk on acute tha in the setting of fracture. And from a fashion standpoint, crushing the lipstick/jacket color combo. 10/10.
@aahks2023
Incredibly honored to have won the
@AAHKS
FARE Grant supporting our work in health equity in Total Joint Arthroplasty.
@NorthwesternMed
This work could not happen without my mentor Dr. Patricia Franklin
@MSSatNU
@NMOrthopaedics
Let’s get to work! 💪🏾
Join us this Wednesday for the
@aoa1887
town hall. This webinar will focus on how orthopaedic residency PDs and faculty can create a just, equitable, diverse and inclusive training environment.
@drspoon8
@OrthoDocOde
@melharrington
Orthopaedic Diversity Leadership Consortium is here! We are dedicated to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion through leadership development and strategic planning for Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Yesterday I posted a video of my patient 6 weeks out from a TKA. Tomorrow I will join her in discussing hip and knee replacements in the black community and debunking the myths about joint replacement.
@AAHKS
@womenAAHKS
@NMOrthopaedics
Joining
@WhiteHouseOPE46
’s Health Equity Roundtable has been an incredible opportunity to learn with so many scholars from around the country! I appreciate
@AlisterFMartin
for organizing & am grateful to work with
@aquarl3s
representing
@NorthwesternMed
!
One thing I’ve learned over the years is you need to build in a weekend to
#rest
and
#recharge
periodically.
It was a busy week on the arthroplasty service and we needed to reset. Thanks to my PA, residents and fellow
@NMOrthopaedics
for joining me for a workout and brunch.
COVID won’t stop
@NUFeinbergMed
@McGawGME
in fellowship and mentorship. Our winter URM student, resident, fellow and faculty mentorship mix and mingle looks a little different this year but the wisdom and friendship continues on.
#diversityinmedicine
#purplepride
🚨🚨🚨Proud to have worked with some of the best and brightest
@AAHKS
and
@ACRheum
for the newest 2023 Guidelines for the Optimal Timing of elective
#Hip
and
#Knee
Arthroplasty!
I am encouraged by these guidelines that we can improve
#equity
in total hip and knee arthroplasty
Black Chicagoans account for 50% of
#COVID19
diagnoses and 70% of deaths despite only being 30% of the populations.
#COVID19
has shown us the result of Chicago’s segregation and institutional racism. This. Is. Health. Disparities.
Blessed. Grateful. Honored.
Just a few words to describe this past week in Antigua, Guatemala with Women Orthopaedic Global Outreach
@womenofwogo
. Our mission is to
#empower
#engage
and
#educate
women.
Orthopaedic remains the least diverse medical specialty. However, in just a few short weeks we welcome our first female president of
@AAOS1
. Thank you Dr. Weber for breaking the glass ceiling.
#ladypods
#womeninsurgery
#ILookLikeASurgeon
"You only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well. No one would leave home unless one chased you. You have to understand no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land." -Warsan Shire (Somali poet)
I was told I didn’t have the size for ortho with my size 6.5 gloves.
Then I was told I was too small for joint replacements.
There will be challenges on this journey, but size is not one that can’t be overcome. I’m thankful for tips from
@womenAAHKS
for
#WomeninOrthopedics
.
Congratulations to my mentor, friend and now colleague Dr. James Hill for being awarded the
@AAOS1
2020 Diversity Award. He was the first orthopaedic surgeon I met
@NMOrthopaedics
and encouraged, supported and mentored me to join this wonderful speciality.
.
@AAOS1
has awarded its 2020 Diversity Award to James Hill, MD, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, for his commitment to making
#orthopedics
more representative of, and accessible to, diverse patient populations.