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Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

How a kidney stone taught me that medicine has changed me

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

My medical school lesson was tinged with racism. Did that affect how I treated a sickle cell patient years later?

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Two little girls, two similar paths to medicine, but one difference: immigration

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

STAT Plus: I went to medical school in Charlottesville. I know white anger well

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Prescribing opioids: Balancing pain relief and addiction prevention haunted my early days in medicine

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

A text message helped one of my patients stay in control of his health. Here’s how

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

When my patient died, I imagined what his life had been. Then I learned the truth

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Working at the ‘top of my license’ means I sometimes have to say no

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

What Henrietta Lacks’s story taught me about trust and my role as a doctor

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

My job was to mentor this student. Instead, I left her behind

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Patients come first, but do doctors’ feelings still count?

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

STAT Plus: Why I’ve learned to leave blank spots in some patients’ medical records

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

While I was treating a patient, his friend slapped my hand. Why did she think that was OK?

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

How do young doctors find balance after a 28-hour workday?

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

STAT Plus: Trump’s immigration order could stop medical careers before they begin

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

STAT Plus: Balancing my work as a doctor and my work as an activist is getting harder and harder

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Police brutality is a public health issue. Money can solve the problem.

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

I was eager to see the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ in health care. But no one looked like me

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

My patient insisted on checking out. I knew she should stay. But she held all the power

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

How my grandmother’s heart attack changed the way I practice medicine

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

In the hospital on Election Day? You can still vote. Here’s how

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

When politics intervenes in the doctor-patient relationship, everyone loses

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

I’m a young black woman. Why do so many people assume I’m not a doctor?

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

‘The fallout has been all around me’: How becoming a doctor has taken a mental toll

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

When doctors focus on survival, we can overlook what patients need to feel ‘well’

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Why don’t medical schools teach us to confront racism and police brutality?

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Here’s an idea that shouldn’t be radical: There can be joy in practicing medicine

Off the Charts Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

A new MD learns to live with pain and find hope in her patients’ stories