Louisa E. Appiah Agbenyega, MD, MS

Louisa Appiah-Agbenyega, MD,MS ⁃BSOM‘22 Vice President ⁃Brody SNMA Past Prez ⁃Gold Humanism Honors ⁃Service-learning Scholar ⁃ElevateMeD Scholar ⁃NMF Scholar ⁃1st Gen Gh🇬🇭 immigrant ⁃Poet ⁃Artist ⁃OB/GYN Certified advocate and troublemaker

I spent 3 weeks in Ghana on a surgical elective and learned a few lessons that shook and have shaped my thinking moving forward.

I will like to petition the @GhanaMinistry of health about covering cervical cancer screening and HPV VACCINE under the national health insurance.

The 8th Congress of Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy Conference 📍Abu Dhabi

@UPS I need to get in touch with your leadership. Within a period of 2 months: 1. You lost my marriage certificate in the mail 2. Now you’ve lost an entire wedding party’s clothing in a big package. You have 1 week to recover this. I’m asking nicely now.

“Anxiety and depression harm academic performance and promote underachievement. Learning is often hampered because depression and anxiety can impair working memory, making it difficult to remember new knowledge and recall past experiences.”

My attending said something that resonated deeply with me: Being a good doctor means having a good depth of knowledge and ability to address and explain your patient’s concerns clearly. That is my goal for this next year. -look up everything I don’t Know

I didn’t realize the mental gymnastics my immigrant brain would have to through transitioning from the language of medicine to the American way of expression every day especially with my patients.

According to my dear friend, I am finally free from the shackles of the USMLE 🙏🏾. Glory Glory

The face of someone who got to refill her cup with friends and family. Wellness is soo key in residency.

I recommended Dominicana by Angie Cruz to my program director to get her feedback before suggesting it to our book club. She told me she enjoyed reading it on vacay and thinks it will be a good addition! #smalljoys in residency

Also just finished reading On Rotation by @shirleneobuobi !!!! I loved it! Found my self smiling the entire time- mostly because I found myself relating and also my mom’s name is Dorothy Appiah, and she’s a wiz in the kitchen 😁

I’m curious about how “random” the TSA random screening is. I fly way too much to be “randomly” screened every other time I fly. My husband thinks I should start wearing a full suit or “medical wear” to the airport. Lol

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3 more days…. and then I get to sleep … well

I desire to be really good at my job. I recognize that being good, great, excellent takes lots of years, lots of practice, lots of trial and error etc…. But as an intern how do I get good? Not just for my personal fulfillment but for my pts and the care they receive from me ?

I’ve started doing my OBGYN specific question bank and I’m just excited to learn! Like I look forward to doing questions in the question bank and taking notes. It’s a weird euphoric experience I can’t explain.

Journaling my complex emotions over the next year to hopefully be able to reflect and learn