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Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric

Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Residency: General Surgery

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

UNDERGRADUATE:
Johns Hopkins University
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience (with honors)

Research Interests

• General Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Surgery

Board Certification

• General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
• Obesity Medicine, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Honors and Awards

• Atlanta’s 40 under 40 award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, November 2018                             
• Outstanding Women Leaders in Healthcare, BizWomen, Feb 2019                   
• Outstanding Atlanta Award – Award for outstanding civic service and leadership to the City of Atlanta, Sept 2019
• Top Women in Medicine Award – National Award, March 2020  
• National Medical Association Emerging Leader Trailblazer Award, August 2020                                                                        
• Women who Mean Business Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Sept 2020   
• Claude Organ Jr. Traveling Fellowship, American College of Surgeons, Sept 2020
• Social Justice and Health Equity Award, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, August, 2021
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Visiting Professorship Award - Massachusetts General Hospital and Lahey Clinic, September 2021, Visiting Professorship, February 2022
• Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, Associate Membership, American College of Surgeons, October 2021
• Satcher Health Leadership Institute Excellence Award, December 2021   
• Medical Consortium of Climate Change and Health Champion of the Month, January 2022
• Georgia Trend Top Doc 2022, May 2022
• Excellence in Service Award, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Department of Surgery, June 2022
• Southern Surgical Society Leadership and Professional Development Program, June 2022
• Social Justice Award, National Medical Association Surgical Section, August 2022
• Georgia Chapter Presidency Award, Georgia Chapter American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, August 2022