438: Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo: Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood

Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo is a Shameless Mom and a board certified pediatrician of over 15 years and an academic faculty member for over a decade, providing coaching and mentorship programs for physicians of color. She is also the CEO of Strong Children Wellness, an innovative telemedicine practice that addresses both unmet health and social needs for families in New York and the founder of Melanin, Medicine & Motherhood, an organization focused on empowering and supporting the personal & professional development of Black women physicians, especially mothers, to achieve their vision and build their capacity to support other women of color.

Her career has been defined by a passion for social justice, an advocate, a professor & researcher committed to ensuring all mothers and children, no matter their race, income, or background have an equal right to thrive. She has worked as a global physician in NYC, Boston, and in 12 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Dr. Uwemedimo is a national speaker to both physician and community audiences in the fields of overcoming implicit bias and racism in healthcare settings, inclusion, and equity for women physicians in healthcare and health equity for marginalized children and families, including those from immigrant and Black communities. She has been featured in several media outlets including Essence.com, Newsweek, Reuters, NPR, and CNN Espanol.

Listen in to hear Omolara share:

• Her experience being a physician in New York during COVID-19
• Why she made the professional shift to serve female doctors of color
• The importance of vulnerability, community, and confidence as the antidote to burnout
• Why she decided to create a community specifically for women physicians of color

Links mentioned:

• Connect with Dr. Omolara
• Check out the MPOWERED Collective
• Melanin Medicine Motherhood Podcast
• Omolara on Instagram
• Melanin Medicine Motherhood Facebook Group
• Omolara on Twitter

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