Historic news! Today, HHS.gov, through CMSGov, approved allowing—for the first time ever—Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage of traditional health care practices provided by IHS and tribal facilities and urban Indian organizations: bit.ly/4h4RFXB

What is this? Traveling, just for fun? Fourth year is a dream.

So proud of this piece written in collaboration with Dixie Blumenshine, Kyle Lakatos MD MPP MSc, Brooke Warren, Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, MHS We address the profound underrepresentation of AI/ANs in medicine, what has been done, and what’s next. Read more here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Happy first day of Native American Heritage Month, folks. We're still here.

Happy birthday to The Cherokee Kid, Will Rogers! 🤠✨

In a time of personal and professional uncertainty, I started reading Principle Chief Wilma Mankiller’s autobiography. There is something calming about knowing that those before us have survived and done incredible work for our community in the face of both joy and hardship.

Not “dramatic violin” on my Spotify Wrapped courtesy of Step 2 studying 🥴

A horrific reality for expectant parents in South Dakota. Many from the Rosebud Indian Reservation depended on Winner Regional Health for Labor & Delivery services. American Indian infant mortality rates in South Dakota have more than doubled since 2017. AMA

Last day introducing myself to patients as a medical student… it’s getting real 😯

Words can’t express how proud I am to know Hailey Baker and Alec Calac, PhD 🥹 Doing big things for Native health nationwide!!! 🫶🏼 mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/m…

An Introduction to #TraditionalHealing in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities is now published in MedEdPORTAL! We discuss the importance of coordinating AI/AN patient care with physicians and traditional healers. UC San Diego School of Medicine @UMNMedSchool ✊🏼 mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/m…

Beyond excited to announce that I matched with University of Minnesota Ob/Gyn Residency. Incredibly grateful to get to train with the department who has supported me for the last several years! 🥹❤️💛

I am thrilled to share that I matched at Stanford for Psychiatry Residency in their Public and Community Psychiatry track! ❤️🌲

Indigenous UMN medical students Morghan Byrnes & Hailey Baker were featured in Forbes! 🎉 They recently matched into residency programs and share what this moment means for them, their families, and #Indigenous nations ➡️: bit.ly/4j0w6rj. #MatchDay | #UMNproud

Today, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution recognizing the achievements of Native women throughout history. Highlighted in the resolution: Cherokee Nation citizen Mary Golda Ross, the first Native engineer at NASA! 🚀 Mary continues to inspire us all to shoot for the stars. ✨

Was blessed to spend a few days in the ancestral homelands of the Cherokee people, and the contemporary lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Donadagohvi!

Three of our #Indigenous medical students—Tamee Livermont, Morghan Byrnes, and Hailey Baker—earned national recognition in Forbes, celebrating their inspiring journeys and unwavering dedication to medicine! Read more: bit.ly/3Ekvmi6.

Mentally preparing myself to buckle down for residency. I will miss the flexibility of time while in medical school, but excitedly awaiting my dream career!

Y’all… I graduate as a doctor this week. Where has the time gone 😳

Dr. Hailey Ann Baker 🎓