“She is one of the most approachable and down-to-earth businesswomen I've ever met. One of her long-term patients says, "Her moniker definitely matches her." Her colleagues say she has "mastered the art of the patient physician interaction" because of her warm and enthusiastic attitude and bedside manner.
Her days are still as long as they were during residency because she never misses a chance to stroll into a patient's room and listen to their story. “I gave the 15-minute visit a go. Dr.
Conway grinned, "I can't do it." She laughs, “It takes that long for me to welcome everyone in the room and bring up my chair.” A coworker said, "She has a wonderful bedside manner and practices the genuine, and some would argue disappearing art of gathering the patient history." Her nurse characterized her as "renowned for her signature welcomes to each patient and family member present, which are so cheery and kind that patients feel at ease." “She always brings out a chair for the patient so that they don't feel hurried.
Her vitality is incredible to behold. When she goes, patients are frequently left smiling or laughing, despite the fact that they are sick.” “You are not only ABLE and capable, but you are also ABEL, and yes, according to the Bible, you are required to be your brother's keeper.
You are accountable not just for your own achievement, but also for the success of others who want to follow in your footsteps. Dr. Conway excels in the areas of community involvement and mentorship outside of the hospital. She has talked on the radio, television, and in community, forums to educate the urban community about illnesses that affect our people.
Her speeches have been regarded as cheerful, humorous, engaging, and always current. However, she claims that coaching and training her successors is her genuine love. She has won several accolades for her mentorship of young people, particularly young women who want to pursue professions in medicine.
She has received several community accolades as a result of her mentorship and community involvement. At the National Congress of Black Women's Metro Chicago Chapter's annual celebration in 2015, she will be honored as a featured honoree. Dr.
Conway is the creator of the "I Am Abel Foundation," a non-profit organization whose purpose is to empower and elevate Chicago's inner city kids by offering mentoring and meaningful exposure to jobs in medical, science, technology, business, and ecology.
Despite the fact that it is still in its early stages, she is confident that it will have a significant impact on Chicago-area kids. “People will perish without a vision,” Dr. Conway says. “However, how will they see?” says the narrator.
The I am Abel Foundation is dedicated to assisting Chicago's youth in recognizing the many opportunities accessible to them, as well as providing them with the mentoring, connections, and exposure they require to make their goals a reality. The foundation of the organization is based on the idea of "reciprocal giving," which means "When you've been blessed...
pass it on!" All of the youngsters are required to participate in structured volunteer activities and give peer mentorship to their peers. Dr. Conway has been a doctor for 17 years and considers her life to have gone full circle since her childhood in Englewood.
She has spent most of her career serving Chicago's inner-city vulnerable communities, including a substantial Latino, African-American, and European immigrant community. “I adore everyone, and I was created to make a difference and improve people's lives. My life is not entirely mine.
I hope that by coming here, I can make the world a better place than it was before.” “Part of the I Am Abel goal is to encourage students to acquire several languages so that they may be of service to people who need us,” Dr. Conway says of the organization's foreign internships and language programs.
Chicago is a large melting pot with a lot of unmet needs!” Dr. Conway smiled as she thought about her life and her rise from Englewood's tiny town. “I was granted a second chance,” she adds. As a late bloomer struggling to lasso her goal, the medical school appeared to be an unattainable dream.
“I am living a dream that has been delayed but not denied,” she exclaimed with zeal. When I think about how I got here, I still grin, shake my head, and occasionally shed tears of delight. It's a miracle, to put it mildly. With a three-year-old, a two-year-old, and a six-month-old infant, I started at Rush Medical College.
While working full-time and raising my family, I had just completed my Master's in Public Health with a specialization in Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Medical school would be an amazing endeavor for me as a mother of small children and a married. “I wasn't sure it was possible.
With three babies under the age of three, who goes to medical school?” “You do... that's who does it!” my mum remarked when I was in question. Dr.
Conway also served as president of the Student National Medical Association during her sophomore year and received the Distinguished David Jones Peck Award, which recognizes an exceptional African American student in her graduating class, four years after she began.
She remembers attempting to juggle it all, and she gives gratitude to her mother and grandma for assisting her in juggling her small children while pursuing this huge goal.
Those children are now all grown up and well on their way to achieving their own goals, with the eldest beginning law school, the youngest entering medical school in a few years, and the middle son finishing his engineering studies at Purdue. Dr.
Conway smiles as he adds, "I've been blessed, and what do you do when you've been blessed?" “Please pass it on!” “Our hearts to the pulse of Chicago's children,” says the I Am Abel Foundation.
