Battle Cry

Episode 47: Halan Mohamed

Halan Mohamed is a chemical engineer and PhD candidate in chemical engineering. She received her master's degree in the same field at University College London. Her research interests involve nature-inspired solutions to the "dirtying" of membrane filters during water purification.

Episode 46: Kareem Redmond

Dr. Kareem Redmond was born and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He attended North Carolina State University to receive a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.He went on to earn his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from UNC Chapel Hill School of Dentistry. During his time in dental school, Dr. Redmond developed a strong passion for using his dental knowledge to help the community.        

           Following graduation from UNC- Chapel Hill, he went on to complete a 2 year  Residency program at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, with a focus in treating medically complex patients, dental surgical procedures, implant dentistry, and IV sedation. He currently runs and operates his own dental practice is his home state of North Carolina. 

       When Dr. Redmond isn’t working he enjoys spending time with family, cooking, and spending time outdoors. You will often see him around town playing basketball, enjoying the great outdoors, or hanging out with his wife and kids.

 

Episode 45: Dr. Christopher Warlick

“Dr. Christopher Warlick is an associate professor and chairman of the urology University of Minnesota Department serving as the first Black chairman at the institution. He received his MD/PHD from the  University of Minnesota (M.D., Ph.D.) and completed his urology residency at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD (Urology). He is a nationally recognized leader in Active Surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer as well as the use of MR imaging in prostate cancer, the development of novel tests to help determine early signs of disease progression, and on programs to increase the use of shared decision making around PSA screening and prostate cancer treatment decision making.”

Episode 44: Dr. Ramla Kasozi

Dr. Ramla Kasozi is a board certified family medicine physician and advocate. Having lived in three different parts of the world (Canada, Uganda, and USA) and worked in the health sector in two different countries (Uganda and USA), Dr. Kasozi has had the privilege of seeing healthcare in different settings.

As a former refugee child, she recalls the many frustrations and disappointments her parents had experienced while navigating the health care system. Dr. Kasozi’s keen interest in refugee health has been life long with particular interest in tackling health disparities through health equity initiatives. Working as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (CHE) Fellow at Emory University’s Center for Humanitarian Emergencies, Dr. Kasozi conducted research with the Emergency Response and Recovery Branch (ERRB) on refugee health and participated in projects to offer primary healthcare to the uninsured, refugee population in Atlanta. As a former refugee, it was such an honor for Dr. Kasozi to give back and help the migrant refugee population in the community. Consequently, her experience at Emory has given her working knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research. 

 

Witnessing the impact of racial bias and the various microaggressions her parents experienced as Ugandan refugees, really sparked her interest in becoming a doctor. Dr. Kasozi completed her Family Medicine Residency at the University of Minnesota’s St. John’s Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. During her residency training, she was involved in scholarly and community work addressing health equity and race-based medicine.

As a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician, Dr. Kasozi plans on continuing her scholarly work in improving medical education to be more relevant to communities. She practices full-scope Family Medicine while also working in academic medicine. She plans on bridging comprehensive clinical care with community public health in an effort to reduce health disparities by creating community-oriented primary health care initiatives. In the long-term, Dr. Kasozi hopes to pursue translational research and establish domestic and global health collaborations dealing with refugee health.

Episode 43: Dr. Blake Montgomery

Dr. Blake Montgomery is a current pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard.  Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he  went to undergraduate school and medical school at University of Missouri Kansas City combined 6 year accelerated MD program. While there he participated in a year of research at the National Institutes of Health through the Medical Research Scholars Program. He  attended orthopaedic surgery residency at Stanford University. 

Episode 42: Dr. Kendalle Cobb

Dr. Kendalle Cobb is a family medicine provider at Cleveland Clinic and currently serves as the associate chief of staff with a focus on diversity and inclusion.  She received her bachelor's degree in history from  Harvard University and her medical degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC. She then headed back west
where she completed her family medicine residency at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Fontana, CA. 
She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, where she was Director of Diversity and Inclusion from 2010 until 2019. In 2016, she was awarded a one-year Chief of Staff grant. Her project explored the successes and challenges that the Clinic faces in creating a culture of diversity and inclusion. In 2018, she was elected to the Board of Governors at Cleveland Clinic before Dr. Mihaljevic asked her to step down to lead of Differentiated Lifetime Care, which will transform the way that the Clinic delivers care.
In March 2021, she was appointed Associate Chief of Staff, where she focuses on making this the best place to practice medicine for physicians who work in the outpatient setting and on recruitment and retention of physicians, with a specific focus on those
traditionally underrepresented in medicine. Dr. Cobb and her family live in Shaker Heights.

Episode 41: Dr. Kevo Rivera

Dr. Kevo Rivera is a psychiatry resident and soon-to-be child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at the University of Iowa. They identify as a queer, agender, Filipinx-American, and they respond to all pronouns. In addition to being a first-generation physician, Dr Rivera is actively involved in their community as an appointed member of the Iowa City Truth and Reconciliation Commission and as a worship leader for Sanctuary Community Church.

Episode 40: Professionalism- theTrojan Horse

This special episode delves into the myth of professionalism as it pertains to underrepresented minorities within the field of stem. join us as our battle cry alumni and new guests discuss their unique experiences and take at the myth of professionalism and how they have reclaimed their voices and identities within this construct. Our guests include Dr. Valeria Valbuena, a general surgery resident at the university of Michigan. She is a prior BattleCry alumnus and you can check out her episode in episode 25. Dr. Chase Anderson, a child psychiatry fellow at the University of San Francisco. He is also a BattleCry.alumnus and you can check out his episode in episode 23. Our newcomers include Dr. Ebone Evans an ENT resident at the University of Minnesota and Dr. Blair Peters a gender confirming surgeon and microsurgeon at Oregon Health Sciences.

 

Episode 39: Dr. Farrah Amoy Fullerton

Dr. Farrah Amoy Fullerton is a soon to be PGY-1 pediatric resident at the Medical College of Georgia. She received her undergraduate degree from Mary Baldwin University she majored in Biology with a Biomedical Sciences emphasis and a double minored in Physics and Chemistry. She will complete her MD from the University of Alabama in May 2021. A passionate advocate she is the organizer of the twitter hashtag and social movement #MedGradWishlist Organizer,  Leader of student-led Anti-Racism Movement at her medical school and Founder of @LaidBlackLive podcast. 

Episode 38: Dr. Alex Frano

Dr. Alex Frano is a physics professor at the University of California San Diego. Born in Honduras, he had a non-traditional road into STEM with a career as a professional musician prior to obtaining his masters in Physics in 2010 from the University of Stuttgart. Prior to that, he received his B.S in physics from the University of Honduras. He ultimately completed his PhD in physics in 2014 from the Technical University of Berlin/Max Planck Institute. He completed a post doctoral fellowship at UC Berkley. He is still an avid musician and supporter of underrepresented minorities in STEM.