Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe is a mindset coach, health equity consultant and  practicing allopathic physician, board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.  

Dr. Kim Andrews is a science educator who specializes in Chemistry. She holds a MHA
in Healthcare Administration and a PhD in Chemistry and she is an active MD candidate
with the JFK medical school in Curacao.

Catrina Jean is an Osteopathic Physician, Board Certified by the American Board of Family Physicians.  Dr. Jean is currently a Family Medicine Physician at New York-Presbyterian Medical Group in Queens.   

Dr. Canaan Arceneaux is an Osteopathic Physician. Board certified in Family Medicine and currently practicing in Los Angeles, California. His interest includes LBGTQ and health disparities amongst underserved populations.

Dr. Deneen Hendrick is an Osteopathic Physician and specializes in Pediatrics. In addition, her experiences in medical education are broad; clinical, academic and administrative in multiple states. 

Dr. Raji Akileh is an Osteopathic Physician who recently graduated from West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Medicine this May 2021.  He shares his passion, interest and experience.

My name is Obed Figueroa and I am the founder of Diversity Premedical, LLC and the host of Lessons Learned.   My background is over two decades of enrollment management experience in education at all levels.   I've assisted in establishing new medical schools and directed enrollment in others.  I hold a Master's degree from Stony Brook University and I'm a published researcher in education and administrative management.  

Lessons Learned is a series where practicing physicians sharing their experiences from high school, college and then the profession.   We explore their experience and learn about the thinking that helped them navigate best.  We learned from listening and relating. 

Also available on video on YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd8Y7qDeeGooHXaS6-EsOPA
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Fatima Diaban is an Osteopathic Physician specializes Emergency, Internal and Critical Care Medicine. She is currently a Critical Care Physician at Advocate Aurora in Green Bay Wisconsin.

Regina Hammock, DO, FACOEP, FAAEM
An Osteopathic Physician specializing in Emergency Medicine
Currently, Vice Chair of the Emergency Department at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn