FIT Member Spotlight: Yetunde Kemi Fatade, MD: "It Takes a Village"
"I was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria, but my family has been in Georgia for decades now, so I tell people I'm 'Ni-Georgian'. I was trained by incredible and inspiring educators, from medical school at Drexel to Residency at Emory and now fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. In college I majored in Chemistry and minored in Theatre studies. I LOVE music and musical theatre, and I'm especially a sucker for old black-and-white movies and shows."
"Regarding my training, I've learned it takes a village, and throughout every phase your village may look different. During medical school, my village was the security guards who would walk me home when I was at the library late, and the cafeteria workers who would encourage me and feed me while I was far from home. During my residency, it was my parents and brothers who were close by. Now as a physician and a mom, my village is other physician moms and my partner. Each stage requires the love and support of others or else it's impossible. I look forward to getting additional training in Cardiac Multimodal Imaging. I see the difference it makes for my patients when reviewing their imaging together is incorporated into their visit, and I've seen how the right imaging modality can be the key diagnosing a patient."