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Dr. Olapeju Simoyan is an Addiction Medicine specialist, Singer, Musician and more Healer Heal Yourself, Reduce Burnout, Discover Your Creativity While You Heal Others
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Dr. Simoyan, MD, MPH, BDS, FAAFP, FASAM was a dentist at 21 and went on to get a Masters in public health before heading off to medical school where she excelled as well. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 2012,2013 and 2014 with multiple awards and she is a creative at heart. In this episode, she even sings and plays the Ukulele!!! Wait to the end to hear sing and play! https://thedoctorwriter.com/ https://www.geisinger.edu/education/student-life/traditions-events/black-diamonds-magazine https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-World-Butterflies-Olapeju-Simoyan/dp/1644719193 Dr. Simoyan is a member of the Addiction Medicine sub-board of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and serves on the editorial board of Medical Education Online, an open access healthcare education journal and was the Founding Editor-in -Chief of Black Diamonds, a literary journal.
A member of the music and medicine committee of the American Medical Women’s Association, she plays several musical instruments and recently recorded an instrumental piano collection, Christmas Melodies. She curated a photographic exhibit featuring prominent women in medicine from around the world and has combined her interests in writing and photography in two photobooks, Scranton, A Place to Call Home and The Amazing World of Butterflies.
Dr Simoyan is a strong advocate for the inclusion of the humanities in medical education and strongly believes in the need to transform the way we educate children and youth, with a focus on creativity, problem solving and integration of the arts and sciences.
Dr Simoyan’s scholarships and awards include the Emerging Leader award from the Family Medicine Education Consortium (2010) and the American Association of Medical College’s Herbert Nickens Faculty Fellowship (2012). She was recognized by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Women in Business in 2015 and she was a second prize winner in the State Department’s Citizen Diplomacy Challenge in the same year.
Dr. Simoyan, MD, MPH, BDS, FAAFP, FASAM was a dentist at 21 and went on to get a Masters in public health before heading off to medical school where she excelled as well. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 2012,2013 and 2014 with multiple awards and she is a creative at heart. In this episode, she even sings and plays the Ukulele!!! Wait to the end to hear sing and play! https://thedoctorwriter.com/ https://www.geisinger.edu/education/student-life/traditions-events/black-diamonds-magazine https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-World-Butterflies-Olapeju-Simoyan/dp/1644719193 Dr. Simoyan is a member of the Addiction Medicine sub-board of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and serves on the editorial board of Medical Education Online, an open access healthcare education journal and was the Founding Editor-in -Chief of Black Diamonds, a literary journal.
A member of the music and medicine committee of the American Medical Women’s Association, she plays several musical instruments and recently recorded an instrumental piano collection, Christmas Melodies. She curated a photographic exhibit featuring prominent women in medicine from around the world and has combined her interests in writing and photography in two photobooks, Scranton, A Place to Call Home and The Amazing World of Butterflies.
Dr Simoyan is a strong advocate for the inclusion of the humanities in medical education and strongly believes in the need to transform the way we educate children and youth, with a focus on creativity, problem solving and integration of the arts and sciences.
Dr Simoyan’s scholarships and awards include the Emerging Leader award from the Family Medicine Education Consortium (2010) and the American Association of Medical College’s Herbert Nickens Faculty Fellowship (2012). She was recognized by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Women in Business in 2015 and she was a second prize winner in the State Department’s Citizen Diplomacy Challenge in the same year.
37 min