Successful Woman: Kameron Leigh Matthews, MD, Esq.

Kameron Leigh Matthews, MD, Esq. completes her Chief Residency in Family Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago in June 2010, and will be subsequently joining the medical staff at Cermak Health Services of Cook County with the Cook County Department of Corrections.  She completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University where she received her…

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Bariatric Surgery 101 by Christina Twyman, M.D.

Obesity plagues America and in particular the African American community.  The Office of Minority Health reports that 4 out of 5 African American women are overweight or obese.  Obesity is not only associated with one’s self image and mental health, but also physical health as it is associated with higher rates of high blood pressure,…

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