Average Black Surgeon
Sports Day
I was never the fastest. So I chose the harder race. Winning the 400m taught me something the 100m never could — sometimes persistence beats talent.
Average Black Surgeon
Average Black Surgeon is a lived memoir of becoming, enduring, and choosing. From childhood and identity to surgical training, bias, resilience, and visibility, it traces how discipline, community, and self-belief are forged under pressure. Honest, reflective, and ongoing, it explores the cost of excellence, the responsibility of representation, and the quiet decisions that shape a surgeon’s life—and legacy.
Average Black Surgeon
Eleven out of ten
The mark scheme said 10 was the limit. I was given 11. That extra point wasn’t about perfection — it was proof that ceilings are often self-imposed. Sometimes excellence isn’t scoring full marks. It’s redefining the scale.
Average Black Surgeon
Hackney marshes
Before sunrise, alone with a football and no audience. Improvement rarely happens in public. This is what unseen repetition really does to confidence.
Average Black Surgeon
When everything slows down
There are moments when everything slows down. Movement becomes instinct. Preparation becomes effortless. This is what it feels like when performance meets mastery.
Average Black Surgeon
Sports and Medicine
I thought I was organising events. In reality, I was building a network that would shape my career years later — long before I realised it.