Chiazotam Ekekezie, MD (Medicine PGY-2)

Chair

Chiazotam Ekekezie is a resident physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at Brown University; she is honored to serve as this year’s chair of the Brown Minority Housestaff Association! Prior to training at Brown, she graduated from Harvard College where she concentrated in medical anthropology and African languages. She gravitated towards social anthropology because it is a discipline that encourages inquisitiveness, critical thinking, diversity of thought and perspective, pursuit of deeper understanding through intimate interaction, creative exploration, and reflexivity. Inspired by her work as an ethnographer and international health-volunteer, she then completed post-baccalaureate studies at Johns Hopkins University before receiving a scholarship to attend medical school in her hometown at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Throughout her training, she continues to express her clinical and anthropological interests by participating in various diversity initiatives, interdisciplinary curriculum building, and advocacy initiatives. She has been a passionate voice on topics including but not limited to health disparities, diversity and representation in medicine, graduate medical education reform, and quality improvement. Chiazotam aspires to continue using her skills as an anthropologist in clinical and academic settings, working as a patient-centered physician, medical reformer, clinical researcher and educator. In her spare-time, she enjoys singing jazz/scatting and sharpening her culinary skills.

Angela Martinez, MD (Categorical Pediatrics PGY-2)

Vice Chair

Angela grew up in Warsaw, Poland before relocating to Florida at 16. She attended the University of Central Florida for undergrad and then moved to Boston for medical school at BU. There she grew her interests in working with underserved patient populations and physician advocacy. As a physician she hopes to promote health equity by creating better social policies both locally and globally, and is thinking of a career in child protection pediatrics. Outside of work you can find Angela biking around Providence, trying to find the best vegan eats in town, and petting other people's dogs.

Luwam Ghidei, MD (Ob-Gyn PGY-2)

Secretary

Luwam is a 2nd year obstetrics and gynecology resident at Brown University. Luwam grew up in Dallas, Texas, and completed medical school at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She enjoys advocating for underserved minorities through mentoring and organizing community health-enrichment events. She hopes to pursue REI and work with populations affected by infertility yet lacking access.

Cameron Loudill, MD MS (Radiology PGY-3)

Treasurer

Cameron Loudill is from the inner city of St. Louis, Missouri.  He went to undergraduate at Missouri State and majored in Biology.  During his undergraduate career he was a charter member of the Springfield Chapter of  NAACP and the President of Kappa Alpha Psi. He attended Chicago Medical School to obtain his M.D. During medical school he was the president of SMNA.  These many organizations and his upbringing fostered his passion for working with underserved communities. He chose pursue Radiology due to his love of anatomy, pathology and how different imaging modalities can guide clinical treatments.  As for the future, Cameron is currently undecided but he is interested in Interventional Radiology.

Previous Board Members

Nkiruka Emeagwali, MD, PhD (Med-Peds)

Eric Chow, MD, MPH (Med-Peds)

Angela Martinez, MD (Pediatrics)

Taneisha Wilson, MD (Emergency Medicine)

Chioma, Ihunnah, MD (Categorical Internal Medicine)

David Washington, MD (Med-Peds)

Jael Rodriguez, MD (Categorical Internal Medicine)

Yasmin Khawja, MD (Categorical Internal Medicine)

Founding Members

 Akinniran Abisogun, MD (Categorical Internal Medicine)

Abby Tubman, MD (Categorical Internal Medicine)

Grace Wanjiku, MD (Categorical Internal Medicine)

Taneisha Wilson, MD (Emergency Medicine)

Michael Kelso, MD (Categorical Internal Medicine)

Faculty Advisors

Sybil Cineas, MD, Associate Program Director Internal Medicine- Pediatrics

Dom Tammaro, MD, Program Director Internal Medicine

Phyllis Dennery, MD, Chair of Pediatrics

Sabina Holland, MD, Department of Pediatrics Diversity Officer