Empower your HIGH-ACHIEVING faculty to transition out of trainee mindset, develop their self-leadership team, and build strong foundations for the rest of their careers.

KD COACH LLC IS A HIGH-QUALITY ACADEMIC COACHING BUSINESS THAT CREATES A SAFE, WARM, AND EFFECTIVE SPACE TO UNLOCK THE INTELLIGENCE, CREATIVITY, AND POTENTIAL OF WOMEN OF COLOR IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE.

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Meet Kemi

Dr. Kemi Doll is an academic coach for womxn of color faculty in academic medicine. Kemi works to help high-achieving ambitious faculty transition out of trainee mindset so they can develop self-leadership skills to build a strong foundation for a successful and nourishing career. Kemi is most passionate about unlocking the intelligence, creativity, and passion of women of color because she understands that is one way we will remake this world.

Dr. Doll is from Atlanta, GA and completed a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. She then attended medical school at Columbia University where she earned a number of awards for academic achievement and humanism in medicine. She completed OBGYN residency training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL, and went on to complete subspecialty training in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of North Carolina
Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC. She has a Master’s degree in Clinical Research from the UNC School of Public Health. Her research centers on examining Black-White racial inequity in the care of benign and malignant gynecologic disease in the US. Her research has been funded by the NIH, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study racial disparity in endometrial cancer and benign hysterectomy. She is the co-founder of ECANA, the Endometrial Cancer Action Network for African-Americans (ecanawomen.org).

Kemi has been featured in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Network Open, American Journal of Public Health, as well as lay press (SELF Magazine, Mother Jones, BET). She was recognized as a NMQF Top 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health in 2020. With a proven track record of success, Kemi hopes to empower high-achieving faculty across the country to new levels of freedom, joy, and transformation in their academic careers.

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Fireside chat is a facilitated conversation between Dr. Doll and an appointed leader for the audience. Dr. Doll will answer prepared questions that are relevant to the audience for 30 minutes and then will open it up to the audience for a 30-minute Q&A.

career foundations assessment workshop

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keynote address 

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NEWLY DEVELOPED TOPIC

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Availability for speaking engagements is extremely limited.
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Fireside chat + q&a

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career foundations assessment workshop

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The CFA Workshop is an opportunity for a small group (up to 20) women of color faculty to walk through a multi-step Career Foundations evaluation led by Dr. Doll, to identify individual areas of strengths and weakness alongside next steps to close the most urgent gaps for each attendee.

Fireside chat + q&a

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Speaking Topics

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career foundations assessment workshop

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keynote address 

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A keynote address is a prepared talk with visuals presented live by Dr. Doll on the following topics:

Ten Lies of Academic Medicine and How to Break Free
  • Challenging the foundations and cultural norms of academic medicine in order to truly unlock every unique person’s potential to contribute meaningfully to our fields - For everyone.

How to Get “Unstuck” In Your Career
  • Understand how we fall on to the wide road that leads to career inertia and how we exit via the narrow path out - For academic faculty seeking to make a difference in the world.

Navigating Independence: A Readiness Assessment for Your Career
  • The transition from trainee to independent faculty member is one of the hardest in our careers and most of us approach it on pure default. Learn how to audit your readiness and position yourself for the career you actually want - For graduating trainees and early career faculty




Fireside chat + q&a

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Speaking Topics

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career foundations assessment workshop

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keynote address 

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newly developed topic

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A keynote address on a newly developed topic selected by the host. Dr. Doll will meet ahead of time with event organizers to discuss the topic and audience and then prepare and deliver a keynote address on the topic of choice.

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"Most engaging speaker of the day, enthusiastic without being disingenuous!"

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"Wonderful presentation and oratory skills. Engaging, smart, and did a fantastic job of explaining a complicated issue in an uncomplicated way."

"Your Enthusiasm and knowledge for this information is mind blowing."

"Exceptionally powerful presentation!"

"This talk was truly amazing and changed my perspective on an important issue. It was one of the best talks given on that day."

"Kemi was the highlight of the day. Both a content expert and an engaging speaker."

"Approachable and effective."

"Clear strong voice. Best speaking voice of any day 1 presenters."

"I love hearing Dr. Doll speak. She is thoughtful, wicked smart and passionate. So thankful she is a colleague and doing the work she is!"

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KD Coach LLC is a high-quality academic coaching business that creates a safe, warm, and effective space to unlock the intelligence, creativity, and potential of women of color in academic medicine.

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