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Akua Ampadu MD

Akua Ampadu MD

When #BlackGirlMagic Doesn’t Transcend at Work

The recent events involving black women currently and formerly at Okay Africa and Essence Magazine has stirred up so many conversations…

Jul 6, 2020

When #BlackGirlMagic Doesn’t Transcend at Work

Jul 6, 2020

Akua Ampadu MD

When Founder’s Syndrome Found Me

Founder’s Syndrome [Founderitis]

Nov 1, 2019

When Founder’s Syndrome Found Me

Nov 1, 2019

Akua Ampadu MD

You Can’t Please Everyone

As a hospitalist physician, I am faced with diagnosing and managing several ailments affecting adults. While there are “bread and butter”…

Oct 28, 2019

You Can’t Please Everyone

Oct 28, 2019

Akua Ampadu MD

Remembering Residency as An Attending

A recent conversation in a group chat amongst my former residency colleagues and I had sparked an hour-long divulgence down memory lane.

Oct 26, 2019

Remembering Residency as An Attending

Oct 26, 2019

Akua Ampadu MD

Sick & Abroad

It finally happened. Five-thousand miles away from home, I found myself with a low-grade fever accompanied by piercing abdominal pain and…

Apr 19, 2019

Sick & Abroad

Apr 19, 2019

Akua Ampadu MD

Going Where the Heart (Doesn’t Lead)

For fourth year medical students in the United States, March represents the month of “Match Day”; the day you find out which medical…

Mar 29, 2019

Going Where the Heart (Doesn’t Lead)

Mar 29, 2019

Akua Ampadu MD

More Than MD: Our Creative Outlets Can Make Us Better Doctors

A question was recently posed in an online physician forum on Facebook that I engage in called Physician Side Gigs. The poster questioned…

Feb 6, 2019

More Than MD: Our Creative Outlets Can Make Us Better Doctors

Feb 6, 2019

Akua Ampadu MD

Why Women Physicians need a #GirlTribe

A Texas-based male physician recently came under fire after having been quoted in a medical journal stating female physicians earn less…

Nov 2, 2018

Why Women Physicians need a #GirlTribe

Nov 2, 2018

Akua Ampadu MD

Hey Kid, You’ve Got This

I was recently invited to speak at a college/career workshop about the tools necessary to succeed in medical school and beyond. As I…

Sep 12, 2018

Hey Kid, You’ve Got This

Sep 12, 2018

Akua Ampadu MD

HIPAA: A Right for All?

This piece first appeared in August 2018 on the Medium op-med page for Doximity.com, where Dr. Ampadu is a 2018–2019 Doximity Author

Aug 13, 2018

HIPAA: A Right for All?

Aug 13, 2018

Akua Ampadu MD

Akua Ampadu MD

Board Certified Internal Medicine Doctor I Founder @ Healing Words Foundation I Lover of Africa I Musings on Health & Life I Views are my own

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