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I am Chukwuma Onyeije, MD, FACOG. I practice Maternal-Fetal Medicine and build AI tools for physicians. This is where I document the work and make the case for doctors who code.

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AI in Medicine

When the Algorithm Fails, Who Answers for It?

Every physician using an AI tool has heard the liability question. Most of us answer it wrong. The real answer is not about insurance. It is about who was in the room when the tool was designed.

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AI in Medicine Featured

Augmented Intelligence Is a Physician Problem. That Makes It a Physician-Developer Opportunity.

The AMA opened the door. Physicians must decide what to do with it. The survey data is not a comfort. It's a challenge. Here's what physician-developers do next.

· 9 min read
augmented intelligenceAMAphysician-developer
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AI in Medicine Featured

Skill Loss Is the Wrong Fear. Here's the Right One.

88% of physicians fear AI will erode their clinical instincts. That fear is real but misdirected. The greater risk is intellectual dependency on systems we didn't build and cannot interrogate.

· 8 min read
augmented intelligenceAMAclinical skills
Physician at dual-monitor workstation with EHR on one screen and code on the other
AI in Medicine Featured

The AMA Is Right About Augmented Intelligence — They're Wrong About Who Should Build It

The AMA's 2026 survey shows 81% of physicians now use AI in practice. But read the fine print. Physicians want a seat at the table. The best way to earn that seat is to be the person who wrote the code.

· 9 min read
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Technology Featured

I Ditched Headless WordPress for Astro — Here's Why a Physician-Developer Should Too

After spending a day fighting a WordPress plugin that wouldn't respect a domain change, I rebuilt DoctorsWhoCode.blog from scratch with Astro and MDX. The migration took one afternoon. The clarity was immediate.

· 8 min read
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From the ICU to the Marathon Course: What AI-Driven Glycemic Control Teaches Us About Athletic Performance

A physician-developer explores the powerful parallels between AI-driven glycemic control in the ICU and metabolic management for endurance athletes with Type 2 diabetes, introducing the Performance Glycemic Intelligence System (PGIS) as a real-world n-of-1 framework.

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The Author

Chukwuma Onyeije, MD, FACOG

Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist at Atlanta Perinatal Associates. I build AI-powered clinical tools because physicians with domain expertise build better healthcare technology than external vendors ever will.

Founder of CodeCraftMD (AI medical documentation) and OpenMFM.org (open-source MFM education).

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MFM / High-Risk OB

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MD, FACOG

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CodeCraftMD

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OpenMFM.org

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