My mom will be 90 years old this year. Isn't she stunning? Love her so much! ❤️
Philomena Asante, MD MPH
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Philomena Asante, MD MPH
@philoasantemd
Board-Certified Pediatrician| Associate Prof/SBHC Med Dir @IcahnMountSinai| @Harvard @HarvardChanSPH @UR_Med @BostonChildrens| CEO #MenasGardenLLC| @divadocsbos
- My son graduated from high school yesterday. Not only am I so proud of him, I feel lucky and blessed. Not every parent gets to see their child graduate from high school and go to college, and especially not every parent of a Black male.
- As a young attending physician I used to shy away from wearing colorful outfits to work. Not anymore! Stepping out in color, ready to handle the challenges of the day!
- My dad turned 91 today. Happy Birthday to the best dad in the world! Proud of his years of public service after @YaleLawSch as @UN director & @WorldBank attorney & in Ghana as #SolicitorGeneral #DeputyAttorneyGeneral, #sponsor of the @GAASGhana & #Chief! Love you dad--my hero!
- I am excited to announce that I will be the new Physician-Chief of Student Medicine @yalehealth @Yale! My parents came to the US from Ghana in the 1960's so that my dad #SKBAsante could attend @YaleLawSch while my mom worked as a midwife @YNHH! They are the wind beneath my wings.
- I lead Diva Docs Boston, @divadocsbos, an organization of over 200 Black Women Physicians working in Greater Boston. We stand with the #HerTimeIsNow Campaign in promoting workforce gender equity, particularly for underrepresented minority women in medicine.#BlackWomeninMedicine
- First day. 76 emails. No problem. @yalehealth
- #HowItStarted In 2017 I met @JulieSilverMD at #SheLeads2017, her signature @HarvardMed Women's Leadership course. She has been a great #mentor & #sponsor ever since. Folks, your mentors & sponsors don't have to look like you! They just have to care about you and your success!
- Channeled my inner #MeganMarkle with my white coat when I walked confidently into the #Yalehealth office this am. #IGotThis #ChiefStyle
- The roses in my garden are giving a final encore performance before the fall. Here's today's harvest, which brightened my day. #GardeningJoy, rose edition
- Today's my birthday! It's been a year of transitions, a year of exceptional highs and lows for this libra ♎️ ⚖️ ! But the overall sentiment that I have today is gratitude: grateful for another year under the sun, for my family and friends. The best is yet to come. #NotDoneYet!
- Got to work yesterday morning & my boss, who is a white male physician, had left this book as a gift on my computer. I am the only AA woman physician in my practice. I was touched! In 1864 #RebeccaLCrumpler became the 1st AA woman physician in the US & wrote this book in 1895.
- If you missed the sunrise at 5:28 this morning, I GOT YOU.
- Thrilled to be here! I am very excited to meet students faculty staff and the entire university community!Yale Health is thrilled to welcome Dr. Philomena Asante, MD, MPH (@philoasantemd) as our new Chief of Student Health! Dr. Asante is a pediatrician, public health leader and city government administrator with extensive experience in student health, primary care, and public health.
