Primary Care: The Quarterbacks of Your Health Team

Comedian Katt Williams said it best "Some of us need to check in with our star player."

Your primary care provider or "PCP" is the quarterback of your health team, and just like a quarterback, your PCP is responsible for getting in the huddle with you and leading you on your health journey. In this episode of Cure The Culture, we are chatting with Dr. Jubril Oyeyemi, a Penn State College of Medicine graduate and founder of the Cherry Hill Free Clinic, about the role of primary care providers. Dr. Oyeyemi's desire to lead his patients to improved health and wellness is the result of witnessing his childhood friend pass away due to a lack of access to healthcare. His experience as an inpatient hospitalist seeing patients struggle to get reliable and high quality care was largely due to combination of wealth and health inequities. Dr. Oyeyemi was thus inspired to establish The Cherry Hill Free Clinic which provides free medical services to the under and uninsured patients in New Jersey. Join us as we discuss the importance of building a relationship with a PCP you trust to ensure you stay on the right track in maintaining your most prized possession - your health.

Key  Takeaways: 

• [00:02:44]  Cure  the  Culture  is  an  interactive  podcast  - this  is  how  you can  get  involved and suggest a topic for our podcast!
• [00:04:04]  In  each  episode  we  want  to  introduce  you  to  black trailblazers  in  the  medical  community.   This  week’s  trailblazer  is  Dr. Daniel  Hale  Williams  -  an  African  American  General  Surgeon  and  one  of the  first  physicians  in  the  United  States  to  perform  Open-Heart  Surgery. 
• [00:07:54]    Get  to  know  our  guest  Dr.  Jubril  Oyeyemi  and  learn  how  the  loss  of  his  childhood  friend inspired  him  to  become  a  doctor. 
• [00:12:04]  Discover  why  Dr.  Oyeyemi  believes  the  #1  cause  of  medical issues  can  be  pinpointed  to  this  one  thing  and  hear  his  view  on  the importance  of  Culturally  Sensitive  Care.
• [00:17:05]  We  discuss  the  history  of  experimentation  without  consent and  the  generational  trauma  it  caused.    This  painful  history  is  at  the root  of  the  black  community's  mistrust  of  the  medical  profession. 
• [00:24:00]  As  medical  professionals,  we  are  concerned  about  the  stress levels  of  our  patients.  Listen  as  we  and  Dr.  Oyeyemi  discusses  how stress  impacts  clients  mental  and  physical  health.
• [00:31:15]  Obesity  is  a  chronic  disease  impacting  our  communities.  Learn how your Primary  Care  Physician  can  help  you  in  this  area.