# @njeri.md on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C_2-rl4x_Ql
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63302247-njerimd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-09-13T19:05:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Njeri Kuria, MD | Cardiology (@njeri.md) — https://gondola.cc/njeri.md

## Caption

Less than 4%. . . 
while more than 60% of Black Americans 
are living with heart disease.
being exceptional was the only option.

🪡 embroidery by @wearfigs 🧵 and you best believe imma embroider this foreign name and make you say it correct 🤭

“A 2021 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges found that only 4.2% of cardiologists are Black.“ 
—https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna135330

“While there’s little data on the rates of Black women in cardiology, Black women make up only 2.8% of the physician workforce”
—https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908326/

#womeninmedicine #blackintheivory #blackphysicians #womenincardiology #cardiologyfellow #eldestdaughter
#wearfigs #figsambassador

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womeninmedicine, cardiologyfellow, wearfigs, womenincardiology, eldestdaughter, blackintheivory, blackphysicians, figsambassador

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