Why Doctors Should Learn to Code
Not to become programmers. To become the kind of physician who can close the gap between a clinical insight and a working solution.
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Doctors Who Code
The official site of Chukwuma Onyeije, MD, FACOG.
Doctors Who Code is where I write as an Atlanta maternal-fetal medicine specialist and physician-developer building AI tools, clinical documentation systems, and physician-led software.
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Clinical Work
Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Atlanta Perinatal Associates
Builder Focus
AI, documentation, interoperability, and bedside tools
Physician-Developer
AI in Medicine
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Clinical Workflow
FHIR
Python
TypeScript
Clinical Documentation
Interoperability
Medical Billing
OpenMFM
Bedside Tools
118
Published Essays
302
Recurring Topics
MFM
Clinical Specialty
ATL
Clinical Base
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Three ways into the site
Start with the official profile, the core argument, or a real physician-built project.
Official Profile
Start with Dr. Chukwuma Onyeije
See the clinical background, public identity, current projects, and the case for physician-built software.
Read the profile →Core Argument
Why physicians should build
Read the thesis behind Doctors Who Code: doctors should not only use medical technology. They should help author it.
Read the essay →Builder Work
See a real physician-built tool
Follow the path from clinical protocol to bedside software in a concrete build teardown.
See the build →Featured
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Doctors Who Code: Build Systems, Not Just Models
A TEDx pitch says physicians should build AI. I agree. But the work that matters is governance, validation, and delivery, not one-afternoon demos.
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Inbox to Insight: Building the DoctorsWhoCode Engine
Physicians do not have an information problem. We have a conversion problem. Inside the Telegram-driven research engine I built to turn links, papers, transcripts, and videos into drafts, PDFs, and durable editorial records.
· 10 min read
Doctors Who Code: From GitHub to Medical AI
A practical path for physicians who want to move from GitHub basics to building real medical AI projects.
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Your First Medical AI Project on GitHub: How to Choose One You Will Actually Finish
Most physician-developers never ship their first AI project. The problem is not skill. It is scope. Here is a framework for choosing a project that lands.
· 8 min read
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About the Author
Chukwuma Onyeije, MD, FACOG
I am a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Atlanta Perinatal Associates and a physician-developer building AI-powered clinical tools because physicians with domain expertise build better healthcare technology than distant vendors ever will.
I founded CodeCraftMD for physician-led AI documentation and billing systems, and OpenMFM.org for open-source maternal-fetal medicine education.
About Chukwuma Onyeije, MD, FACOG →Official Site
DoctorsWhoCode.blog
Specialty
MFM / High-Risk OB
Credential
MD, FACOG
Project
CodeCraftMD
Project
OpenMFM.org