Healing Centered Conversations
Healing Centered Conversations
Episode 10: Hope for What's Possible with Breast Surgeon Dr. Keiva Bland
Show Notes
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About Dr. Keiva Bland
Dr. Keiva Bland is a board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeon from Detroit, Michigan who practices general surgery with an emphasis on breast diseases. She attended Howard University in Washington DC for both undergraduate studies and medical school. She graduated from the College of Medicine in 2000 and went on to do her general surgery residency at Wayne State University in Detroit. Upon completion of her residency in 2006, she completed a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. She returned to Detroit to Wayne State University in 2008 as faculty and is practicing in the Detroit Medical Center and Karmanos Cancer Institute. She has book chapters, scholarly articles, and invited lectures to her credit. She is involved in outreach speaking locally for community programs, mentoring, and mission work in the Dominican Republic. She is a member of the Psi Delta Omega Chapter of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Show Highlights
- Why it was important to attend an HBCU for medical school
- On becoming a breast surgeon
- Experiences as a Black female breast surgeon
- Dr. Bland’s perspective on healing
- The impact of stress and mental illness on physical sickness
Connect with Dr. Keiva Bland
Name: Dr.Keiva Bland
Title: Oncology - Surgeon
Twitter - @KeivaBland
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