Feb 11, 2022
Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo, MD, MPH, is a
business development and funding coach for women of color in
healthcare and serial entrepreneur, growing 2 companies to
multi-six figures in revenue in less than 18 months. During her
intrapreneurial career as a pediatrician for over 15 years,
researcher & professor for over a decade, she secured $2 million in
grant funding and has led inter-professional teams to build and
scale healthcare delivery and research programs to achieve health
equity for marginalized youth and families. Her work has been
defined by a passion for social justice, serving as an advocate and
working as a global physician across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and
the Caribbean.
Given her expertise and success as an entrepreneur, Dr.
Omolara went on to found Melanin & Medicine, a premier business
development & funding coaching company to help support women of
color in medicine to secure capital, without incurring debt or
diluting equity, to build and grow their own healthcare businesses
committed to social impact. To date, Melanin & Medicine has helped
over 200 women in medicine across her workshops, courses and
programs to pivot into their purpose, re-create their healthcare
careers on their own terms, build social impact businesses and live
more fulfilled & integrated lives. We talk about how and why she
ended up here, why women of color would need to leave medicine, and
how she helps physicians build a socially impactful healthcare
company that can replace a physician income.