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Celebrate Resilience
Recap of our 2025 Aspiring Black Physicians' Conference: Celebrate Resilience on February 22, 2025!
Join Imani Clinic, UCD’s Health Professions Advising (HPA), and Kaiser Permanente for an inspiring and empowering event aimed at catalyzing the success of Black students pursuing careers in healthcare.
Our third annual Aspiring Black Physicians Conference will bring together accomplished Black medical professionals and medical students to share their expertise, experiences, and invaluable insights into navigating the journey toward a successful healthcare career. From engaging panel discussions to meeting our keynote speaker, attendees will have opportunities to network, ask questions about admissions and career goals, and meet other aspiring physicians from their communities.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sahael Stapleton,
I grew up in Southern California, going to college at UCLA, before completing my medical education on the east coast at Johns Hopkins. From there, I completed an Internal Medicine residency at UCSF where I met my wife. This was followed by General Surgery residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
I then completed a fellowship in Colon & Rectal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota.After Many years away, my family and decided to move closer to home and are now happy to be back in the bay area. As part of my training, I also obtained a Master of Business Administration, and I hope to leverage that training to grow the Kaiser Permanente brand, and to advocate for underserved populations throughout our community.