Where
Black women's health intersects with a fab lifestyle.
Two Black female doctor-girlfriends giving you the real tea on how to live healthy.
Circa 2013
The MD Girlfriends Experience is a podcast of two doctor-girlfriends, Dr. Joy Cooper & Dr. Tia Jackson-Bey, who want to share their wealth of knowledge in women's health with the world.
At the MD Girlfriends Experience, we don't have patients; we have girlfriends. That is how dearly we think of those we care for and how we address them here. Listen if you want the tea on all things healthy and fabulous as it relates especially to Black women.
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Latest Episode
Mental Health Is...Black Women & Psychological Resilience
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the MD Girlfriends are discussing how depression shows up differently in Black women as shown in a recent Nursing Research article. We also share our own interactions with therapy and how to find a therapist. Our Around the Way Girl highlights the story of Cheslie Kryst JD, MBA. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Philadelphian Psychologist, Dr. Pamela Brown.
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About the Hosts
Joy Cooper, MD MSc
Co-host
The Olivia Pope of Ob-Gyn and Co-Founder/CEO of Culture Care are her claims to fame. Dr. Joy, as she is known, is Board-Certified and serves the Bay Area. She is a Philly around the way girl and definitely owns at least two pairs of bamboo earrings.
Tia Jackson-Bey, MD MPH
Co-host
She is your favorite doctor's favorite doctor. Dr. Tia is a Board-Certified Ob-Gyn and Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Specialist who brings her bubbly personality to the field and her in-depth knowledge to the mic. She hails from Queens and is always there for her girlfriends through thick and thin.