Career update 🚨
After residency, I am staying on as an attending psychiatrist at Stanford’s Sports Psychiatry program, working with elite athletes! Also, I am conducting research investigating Resilience through the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance! 🧠 👟
#sportspsychiatry
Life comes full circle! I remember coming to AMEC as a first-year med student and learning all the unique ways you can apply psych. Thanks to
@SNMA
for inviting me to speak about
#sportspsychiatry
! The future of mental health care looks like us!
@SportsPsychISSP
#AMEC2022
#snma
Terms like “diversity,” “DEI,” even “woke” gradually inflate to something vague and non-specific. But their fervent pushback are nearly always rooted in hate for Black Americans
Black undergrads can get into med school with far lower GPAs and MCAT scores than applicants of other races. Unsurprisingly, once they graduate, they're far more likely to fail as residents or require remedial intervention. So now, a New England Journal of Medicine article wants
SNMA Fam! I’ll be in Orlando for this year’s
#AMEC2022
presenting an intro to Sports Psychiatry on Saturday April 16th at 2:30 EST. All those curious and/or interested come say Hello 👋🏽 and bring a friend!
#snma
#sportspsychiatry
Cannot wait to welcome this talented group to
#TheFarm
🌲 this summer! Make sure to stop by
@StanfordODME
’s table at orientation. The GME Diversity Committee is excited to have you!
Last week I gave my final presentation of residency on a topic near and dear to my 🖤 Covering the rich and complex biopsychosocial framework of my own lived experience + working with Black student-athletes here
@stanford
. I’m blessed to be continuing
#sportspsychiatry
here next!
Really excited to be able to add Dr. Roy Collins to our medical advisory team. This will help us in our mission to continue to improve the mental well being of student athletes.
New published chapter is out now! Excited to be featured amongst the leaders in this
#SportsPsychiatry
field as we continue to adapt our practices for care of Elite Athletes!
More to come!
One of our MAs overhead my colleague yesterday say “why are you working in clinic on your bday” & this was at my desk this AM 🎁
Also, a kiddo blew kisses at me which melted my ❤️
Reminder of how powerful small acts of kindness are, especially in hard times.
#BeKind
#PutKids1st
Last night I had the bittersweet pleasure of celebrating the end of my time as Chair of the GME Diversity Committee. It’s been an awesome two years of learning, listening, and collaborating with amazing people! Shoutout to
@StanfordODME
and the incredible folks in this photo! 1/2
GME Diversity Committee happy hour was a success! Great time connecting with new
@StanfordODME
fam and visiting SCORE students! I think the future of medicine is looking good in these hands 🙌🏾 how about y’all?
Did my first live news hit with
@BNCNews
talking about mental health and sports, a little nerve-wracking, but I’m appreciative of the opportunity! Slowly getting better at public speaking
Inpatient Psych attending this weekend at the hospital where I did residency, and the amount of detail these junior residents put into their notes is adorable and overwhelming 😂 😂 😂
I’ve gotten a lot of requests! So for those who weren’t able to make my
#SNMA
#AMEC2022
session on the intro to Sports Psychiatry, I’ve uploaded the slides to my website. Check them out!
My Father: *mentions a random acquaintance from his past*
Me: …
My Father: “And his life was going great until he spiraled out of control with COCAINE in the 80’s!”
Importantly, after we make it through the academic gauntlet stacked against us, Black physicians in practice perform the same, if not better, than our peers
Congratulations to all the folks Matching today, and a very special welcome to all those joining us at Stanford this summer! Can’t wait to meet your accomplished selves! 🤩
#Match2022
Important thread on the state of hyper competitive residency apps. Research pubs are often a measure of how networked and well-resourced an applicant is over their clinical abilities. We ask too much of Med students just trying to survive
WATCH: Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke verbally confronts Gov. Greg Abbott at a news conference on the elementary school shooting
@realQrampage
How dare you question the degree that once allowed me to lobotomize people for acting "strangely." Clearly the knowledge I learned can never be updated
We’re back with the
#SportsPsychiatry
Podcast! Huge thank you to my
@yalefootball
brother
@foyelicious
for chopping it up with us and being candid. Watch the episode on 📺 YouTube: or listen to the 🔊 Audio only:
I’ve learned so many invaluable lessons and made some incredible friendships along the way. I’ve (somewhat) overcome a lot of my public speaking insecurities, and am much better at running meetings now 😅. Thank you to
@LahiaYemaneMD
for her tireless work and mentorship!
Really awesome chatting with my Co-Rezzie turned colleague
@StanfordPsyRes
who's an up-and-coming expert in Psychedelic Science
@StanfordMed
- watch here:
After 4 years of getting to roll out of bed and watch sports on the Pacific Time zone, having to wait several hours today for the NBA Christmas games seems like nonsense 🤣