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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 Medical Algorithms Code Racism Into Patient Care

Race-based clinical algorithms in kidney care and obstetrics did not just reflect bias. They operationalized it. Physicians now have a responsibility to challenge the software, logic, and architecture that turn racial fiction into patient harm.

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Physician in white coat with ID badge at a desk late at night, laptop showing a Python code editor alongside printed clinical notes
Technology

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.

· 4 min read
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InboxDetox dashboard showing AI-categorized email subscriptions on a dark interface displayed on a monitor
Technology Featured

I Built InboxDetox in Two Evenings — This Is What Disposable Software Looks Like

InboxDetox is an AI-powered email unsubscribe manager built in two evenings and deployed to Railway. It is on GitHub. Take it.

· 5 min read
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Physician at a desk at night reviewing telehealth billing codes on dual monitors
Clinical Informatics

Demystifying Digital Medicine Coding -- A Physician-Developer's Guide to Sustainable Telehealth Workflows

A practical breakdown of 2025 CPT telehealth codes, RPM billing thresholds, and the workflow engineering required to make digital medicine financially sustainable.

· 8 min read
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Pregnant woman sitting alone on a dark couch late at night, her face lit by the glow of her phone as she types a medical question into a chatbot
AI in Medicine Featured

Your Patients Are Already Using ChatGPT to Decide Whether to Call You

They are not asking it for fun. They are asking it because the triage line puts them on hold for 45 minutes. The threat is not the technology. The threat is the system that made the technology necessary.

· 10 min read
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Hospital IT conference room with vendor AI presentation on screen, physicians at the table, one with a code editor open
AI in Medicine

The EHR Vendor Wants You to Stay a Consultant

Physician passivity in health tech is not an accident. It is a business model. Understanding the structural incentives is the first step to building outside of them.

· 6 min read
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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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