Paging Dr. Baddie!
In honor of Black Ladies’s Historical past Month, we’re celebrating the extremely certified healthcare professionals who serve heart-fluttering seems whereas making the world a more healthy place
In keeping with the Nationwide Library of Drugs, Black ladies make up solely 2.8% of physicians within the lively doctor workforce practically 162 years after Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler made historical past as the primary Black girl to earn a medical diploma within the U.S.
“As an underrepresented girl of colour, there are few that appear to be me within the subject of cardiology,” stated researcher, coronary heart failure specialist, and assistant professor on the College of Arizona, Dr. Khadijah Breathett.
“Roughly 13% of cardiologists are ladies, and solely 3% are African American. The continuing journey by way of drugs is hard. I’ve relied on my religion, household, and buddies for power in reaching my targets.
I knew that heart problems was devastating communities of colour at a younger age. It was and stays my calling to make use of drugs and analysis to alter the statistics.”
To amplify their indelible affect, leisure lawyer/host of The Black Legal professionals Podcast, J. Ashley Carter, launched @lawyerbaedoctorbae on Instagram after docs approached her about together with them in Lawyer Bae occasions.
Recognizing a chance to construct neighborhood with good Black ladies in a white male-dominated subject, Carter began planning Lawyer Bae Physician Bae (with BAE standing for stunning and educated) occasions throughout the nation to convey these two dynamic professions collectively.
In 2025, the ever-growing community formally expanded from joint occasions to a podcast collection @thebaespodcast and on-line neighborhood with sources and merchandise for younger docs and legal professionals, particularly from underrepresented teams.
How are you celebrating Black ladies this month? Inform us down beneath and revel in our gallery of healthcare hotties, board-certified baddies, and fairly life-savers on the flip.
Dr. Kelly, M.D., Anesthesiologist
Dr. Rach, Magnificence & Major Care MD
Dr. Andrea Alexander, MD, FACOG, Board-Licensed OBGYN
Dr. MyQueen Dickens, MSN, CNM, DNP, Licensed Nurse Midwife
Candice, MPAS, PA-C, Healthcare Supplier & Pre-PA Coach
Dr. Michelle Adibe, MD, MSc, Board-Licensed Inside Drugs Doctor
Ariel B. Anya, DDS, Board-Licensed Orthodontist
Dr. India Ashé, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C, Board-Licensed Beauty Dermatology
Dr. gorJESS, Beauty Dermatology Nurse Practitioner/Injector
Jhazmin Iman Moore, MD, Anesthesiology Resident
Dr. Salma, Orthopedic Surgical procedure Resident
Dr. Shay, Youngster & Adolescent and Grownup Psychiatrist, MD
Dr. Lia Cruz, DPT, World Director of Well being & Wellness at RH7 Sports activities
Dr. Raeonda Bullard, OB/Gyn
Ezinne Ihenachor, MD DABR, Board-Licensed Breast Radiologist
Jessica Perkins Fields, MD, PGY1 and Jacque Fields, Medical Pupil ‘27
Shay Taylor Allen, Med Pupil
