Why did you choose medicine? I was trying to find every reason to avoid being a physician because both my father and grandfather were physicians. What are your hobbies and interests? For fulfillment outside of medicine, he loves being a new dad, playing the violin, traveling, spending time outdoors, and cooking with friends and family.Įducation: Brown University - BA in Human Biology with a Focus in Race and Gender Studies, University of Massachusetts Medical School - MD, New York Presbyterian - Queens - Internal Medicine Residency, Mount Sinai Medical School - Rheumatology Fellowship He is also interested in HIV primary care, mentoring black men of color in medicine and medical education. Where are you now and what do you love about your work? As a chief resident in family medicine at UCSF, he is excited about exploring the potential for innovative care models and technology in the community to improve access for underserved populations through the Cut Hypertension Program. He has since spread the work to Atlanta, GA and now the Bay Area. As a medical student, he developed the Cut Hypertension program, a blood pressure screening, education and referral program based in African American barbershops. Why did you choose medicine? Following graduation, his short-lived career in finance took him to Los Angeles, London and Tokyo, before he decided medicine was how he could directly help others who needed it the most. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he developed a passion for health disparities, social justice and community medicine in West Philadelphia. He headed to the big city of Providence, RI to study Neuroscience, East Asian Studies and Entrepreneurship at Brown University. Hometown & education: Kenji was born and raised in rural Kansas and Pennsylvania, the youngest of four. I enjoy Afro-Haitian, hip-hop, mirror dancing, vogue and interpretive. Throughout residency I used dance as a form of self care and community building. What are your hobbies and interests? I love to dance! I have heard that you can store your emotions and trauma in your hips and dance is my therapy. I love this work because it combines my passion for social justice and lived experience as a queer woman of color to fill a much needed void in academic medicine. I currently develop curriculum and conduct research on physician unconscious bias and health care disparities. I also enjoy teaching and mentoring the next generation of doctors. What do you love about your work? Through Family Medicine I can fulfill all of my passions: patient education, continuity of care, preventive and integrative medicine. Where are you now? Assistant professor at UCSF I chose to pursue a career in Family Medicine for the challenge of managing a multitude of medical conditions, unrestricted by patient demographics, while providing humanistic care to underserved communities. I truly enjoy caring for the whole patient and their entire family. My mother instilled in me a love of learning and from a young age I was fascinated by the human body and wellness. I am a first generation Haitian-American. I come from a poor background, and my family did not always have access to healthcare. Why did you choose medicine? I knew I wanted to be a doctor since grade school, driven by the desire to provide for my family and to serve underserved communities. Medicine at Meharry Medical College with Health Policy Certificate from RWJF, residency and chief year at UCSF, UCSF Interprofessional Humanistic Teaching fellowship to be completed August 2018. She now resides in middle Tennessee with her family.Education: Micromoleculer Biology and Women's Studies at UCSF. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from a university in southern Arkansas where she was born and raised. Jessica received a professional birth doula certification through DONA International, and is a founding member of the National Black Doulas Association. Her mission is to mitigate maternal health disparities by educating, encouraging, and empowering women to make informed birth decisions while yielding the physical, mental, and emotional support that is necessary to preserve powerful and positive labor experiences. As a black doula, she recognizes how imperative it is for women, especially those of color, to have proper maternal support before, during, and after birth. Her passion in preventing women from having traumatic experiences stems from her own unnerving labor in 2011. Her interest in reproduction, maternal health, and birth developed at a young age. Jessica Easter, CD(DONA), Founder & CEO of Abounding Grace Birth Services, LLC believes that childbirth is a spiritual experience.
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