Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions

of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute

for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all!

Thanks so much for joining me for session 146 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

Today we're digging into some of the challenges of being a black woman physician.

For this conversation, I was joined by Dr. Tosan Odunsi.

Dr. Odunsi is an OB-GYN who has had a non-traditional path to becoming a physician.

After graduating from Cornell University in 2008, she started her master's degree in

public health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She went on to start medical school at Mahari Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee,

and completed her MPH between her second and third year.

Subsequently, she graduated from Mahari in 2014.

Dr. Odunsi and I discussed her experiences in medical school.

Some of the microaggressions she's experienced as a physician, how she takes care of her

mental health, and she shared tips for other sisters considering medical school.

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