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Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Musings of Overnight Call: Haiku Set 1

Treating patients as a physician demands a great deal of emotional labor, and it can be difficult to find moments of stillness amidst a…

1 min readMar 7, 2023

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Musings of Overnight Call: Haiku Set 1

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Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Why I Refuse to Get An English Name

Growing up, the dissonance between the ease others had when learning my parent’s English names and the difficulty in attempting to…

4 min readFeb 3, 2022

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Why I Refuse to Get An English Name

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Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Arise

You saw me when I was formless

1 min readSep 8, 2021

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Arise

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When Do We Stand By Our Expertise, and When Do We Let a Patient Choose?

The CT scan clearly indicated that this was a surgical emergency.

4 min readJul 31, 2021

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When Do We Stand By Our Expertise, and When Do We Let a Patient Choose?

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Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

I Can Affect Social Change as a Surgeon, Too

“Surgery has historically been made up of white males, including this department. So how do you think you’ll fit in here?”

5 min readMay 7, 2021

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I Can Affect Social Change as a Surgeon, Too

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Community and End-of-Life Care in the Era of COVID-19

“Nobody should die alone,” the nurse said to me as she held the patient’s hand and patted his forehead with a cool towel.

4 min readJan 21, 2021

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Community and End-of-Life Care in the Era of COVID-19

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When A Scalpel Cut Doesn’t Bring Complete Healing

It is then that I realized that patients do not expect us to be perfect…

5 min readNov 16, 2020

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When A Scalpel Cut Doesn’t Bring Complete Healing

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What A Suicide Hotline Taught Me About Listening

Listening is a crucial value in upholding the humanity of other people. Here are the lessons I learned.

6 min readJun 19, 2020

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What A Suicide Hotline Taught Me About Listening

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Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Why I Chose Surgery: A General Surgery Personal Statement

I hope my narrative as a black woman serves as encouragement that there is not a set mold to what a surgeon looks like or is motivated by.

4 min readJun 8, 2020

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Why I Chose Surgery: A General Surgery Personal Statement

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Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Harvard Can’t Save You: How Respectability Politics Attack the Integrity of Black Lives

Despite Chris Cooper’s credentials, there is no rung on the meritocracy ladder that makes black people safe from systemic racism.

6 min readMay 29, 2020

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Harvard Can’t Save You: How Respectability Politics Attack the Integrity of Black Lives

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Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Nzuekoh Nchinda, MD

Harvard ’14, UChicago Med ‘20, and UWashington general surgery resident who is passionate about health equity, QI/outcomes research, and ethics.

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