It’s my honor to introduce you to these 6 awesome women in the IG Medical community.
@_bettyctocker_
PA Student
A first-year PA student, finishing up her final semester of the didactic year. She is the creator of the blog Journey from PA-S to PA-C which can be found at TangiethePA.blogspot.com, where she shares her experiences throughout PA school and offers advice to pre-PA and current PA students. You can find her on IG @_bettycrocker_
@Pa_board_review
PA Student
Julianne Gilboy is a contributor to www.PABoardReview.org which is a PANCE/PANRE review course to helping PA students and current PA’s pass the national certification exam! Julianne is a first-year PA student at Marshall B. Ketchum in Orange County, CA. She loves Emergency Medicine and can’t wait for rotations so she can get to work!
@givememoremonica
Nurse Practitioner
Monica, NP, works as a Family Nurse Practitioner in Washington, DC in an Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic.She received her bachelors from Hampton University and Masters from Georgetown University.She has worked as a Labor and Delivery nurse for a bit over six years, growing her love women’s health. She enjoys helping nurses and NP students thrive in the field, especially when it comes to negotiating contracts and understanding their worth as healthcare providers in the medical field.
When not working she can be found traveling the world, volunteering with her Sorority sisters or partaking in a good old D.C. brunch. Connect with her on IG @givememoremonica or on her website where she blogs about health, travel and the profession at MonicatheNP.com!
@amymeekspac
Physician Assistant
PA Meeks is a busy mom of two kids, and often single parent as her husband travels half of the year for his consulting job. She currently practices at Omaha Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. They operate in 2 hospital systems and have a clinic one afternoon a week. PA Meeks has her own post-op clinic while the surgeon sees all of the new patients. Surgeries include off-pump coronary artery bypass surgeries, valve replacements, thoracic surgeries, laser lead extractions, TAVR procedures, and am now training on robotic thoracic cases.
PA Meeks attended the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s MPAS program and found her job through her clinical rotations, initially intending to go into rural family practice when she started the program! She found a passion for the operating room and was able to secure electives in surgical specialties. PA Meeks is a guest lecturer for PA programs, and also takes PA students on rotation.
@doctor.cher_c
Resident
Dr. Cherilyn Cecchini is a pediatrician who completed residency training at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. .
Prior to entering residency, she completed medical school at Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) in Philadelphia, PA. She earned her bachelor of science from The Pennsylvania State University Eberly College of Science. She grew up in Scarsdale, New York.
Dr. Cecchini has always believed in empowering women in medicine and has remained an active member of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) throughout her training. When she isn’t at work, she enjoys reading, running, and spending time with her family (including her pup) and her friends. Dr. Cecchini actively blogs for Doximity and KevinMD. You can learn more about her life inside and outside of the white coat by following her on IG @doctor.cher_c.
Dermatologist
Dr. Abbott is a fellowship trained cosmetic and surgical dermatologist in Atlanta, Georgia. She specializes in injectibles, Smartlipo, acne scars, and laser treatments.
Dr. Abbott is married, with four children, two rescue dogs. She enjoys painting murals on her children’s walls, running, and volunteering at her church and the leprosy mission projects esp in Papua New Guinea, and the Beltline Project
