New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
Dr. Nonyerem Acholonu-Fomin, MD is a first year Pediatric Critical Care Fellow at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Campus. She was born in Reno, NV but grew up in Macungie, PA (a small town outside of Philadelphia). She completed her Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Health, and Society at Cornell University in 2015, and attended medical school at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. She went on to pursue a career in pediatrics, completing her residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. Nonye’s major accomplishments include being a two-time published author of two Young Adult fictional novels with her twin sister, Kelechi, and being published in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2019. She was also awarded the Resident Teaching Award twice as an intern and senior at MGH, the Waldo E. Nelson outstanding student in pediatrics award as an M4 at LKSOM, and the Soul of Medicine award through the Physicians for Social Responsibility organization in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to a career in academic pediatric critical care medicine, she hopes to continue her work in health equity with a plan to pursue a Masters of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research. Her interests/hobbies outside of Medicine include reading/writing, dancing, playing piano, and attending concerts/festivals!
Saturday, January 21, 2023
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM PT
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