Deonza Thymes, MD, MPH

Deonza Thymes, MD was most recently an Emergency Medicine physician at Veterans Administration Hospital in Long Beach, CA.  She is a co-founder and Vice President of Programs for Artemis Medical Society, a group of over 3,500 women physicians of color whose mission is to change healthcare by increasing physician diversity and diminishing healthcare disparities.  Dr. Thymes not only serves as healthcare provider but a community leader, mentor, and role model. Before attending medical school, Dr. Thymes was a seventh and eighth grade math and science teacher at Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles, CA.  Dr. Thymes received her medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH and completed her emergency medicine residency at Martin Luther King, Jr. Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA in 2006.