# @njeri.md on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DAkJhErPazB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63301900-njerimd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-01T02:36:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Njeri Kuria, MD | Cardiology (@njeri.md) — https://gondola.cc/njeri.md

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if I could go back in time, I’d find the YouTube video I happened to come across while researching what “balloon angioplasty” was and thank the person who uploaded it — it forever peaked my interest and now, 16 years later, I’ve ballooned a coronary artery. 🥹
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actually living my teenage dreams is absolutely wild
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strong believer in early exposure (as early as highschool) and why I’m helping build the curriculum for the ACC young scholars program this year as an ACC chief fellow.
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I did not have this kind of mentorship early on; just happened to be an inquisitive 15 yr old — and so, I often imagine my journey to medicine would be have been easier, had I had a “me” to guide me. #mentorshipmatters 
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🩺 @wearfigs EKO 500 in the color Mauve — the best digital stethoscope! You can trust me — your favorite cards fellow 🫀🤍 #figsambassador 

#womenincardiology #cardiologyfellow #womeninmedicine #medmotivation

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womeninmedicine, cardiologyfellow, mentorshipmatters, womenincardiology, medmotivation, figsambassador

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