Oneeka Williams (born March 2, 1966) is a urologic surgeon, writer, and children's book author known for her book series Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo. She currently works at
Emerson Hospital
Emerson Hospital is a hospital located in Concord, Massachusetts, at 133 Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, founded in 1911 on donated by Charles Emerson, a nephew of Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is a full-service, non-profit community hospital and acute ...
's Urology Department and is a clinical assistant professor of urology at
Tufts University School of Medicine
The Tufts University School of Medicine is the medical school of Tufts University, a Private university, private research university in Massachusetts. It was established in 1893 and is located on the university's health sciences campus in down ...
.
Early life
Oneeka Williams was born in
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...
.
Then, early on in life she moved to Barbados where her mother worked as a science teacher and her father worked as a journalist.
Career
Medical career
She graduated from
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...
with a BA in biophysics,
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...
with an MD, and
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school at Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. It was named after Hong Kong entrepreneur Chan Tseng-hsi in 2014 following a US$350 ...
with a MPH. Oneeka Williams completed her surgical internship at
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvar ...
in Boston, MA, and her residency at
Lahey Clinic
The Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, formerly known as the Lahey Clinic, is a physician-led nonprofit teaching hospital of UMass Chan Medical School based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The hospital was founded in Boston in 1923 by surgeon Frank ...
in Burlington, MA. Oneeka Williams is currently working as a urologic surgeon in Concord, MA at Emerson Urology.
Writing career
Williams is founder and CEO of Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo, LLC located in Newtonville, Massachusetts.
Williams has published seven books. These include five books for the Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo series, an autobiography, and one book in her new series "Not Even the Sky is the Limit."
Publications
Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo's Series
* Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo's Mission to Pluto (March 5, 2013)
*Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo's Saturn Surprise (February 3, 2015)
*Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo's Bee More Breakthru Coloring & Activity Book (October 4, 2016)
*Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo's Vineyard Vacation (January 1, 2018)
*Dr. Dee Dee Dynamo's Ice Worm Intervention (April 5, 2018)
Not Even the Sky is the Limit Series
* My Joy Tank (January 1, 2019)
Independent books
* Not Today, Negativity!: 5 Habits of Positivity to Cope, Hope, and Be Well in Tough Times
(August 17, 2021)
See also
*
Urology
Urology (from Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:οὖρον, οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''wiktionary:-logia, -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of t ...
*
Health in Guyana
Compared with other neighbouring countries, Guyana ranks poorly in regard to basic health indicators. Basic health services in the interior are primitive to non-existent, and some procedures are not available at all. Although Guyana's health ...
References
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Guyanese medical doctors
21st-century Guyanese writers
21st-century Guyanese women writers
Tufts University School of Medicine faculty
Living people
Johns Hopkins University alumni
Harvard Medical School alumni
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni
1966 births