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Dr. Kela Henry

Family Health Expert

Award-Winning Author | Speaker | Family Doctor

Recipient of

The 2023 Drexel Boots Cooper MD Award

The 2019 National Association of Black Journalists Author Excellence Award

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Accomplishments

2023

2023 Recipient of the Drexel College of Medicine, Boots Cooper MD Award for her outstanding achievements in the field of family medicine and her commitment to providing quality healthcare.

2019

2019 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Award, Salute to Excellence Award for Nia & The Numbers Game, A Teenager’s Guide Education, Relationships & Sex
2019 Featured Author & Speaker at the Miami 2019 NABJ Conference & Career Fair, interviewed by legendary San Francisco TV news anchor Barbara Rogers
2019 Launch of Weekly Let’s Talk Thursday’s with Dr. Kela Live on Facebook

2018

2018 Guest on WABE Atlanta Public Radio, Closer Look with Rose Scott
2018 Guest on Health Watch WRBL Georgia, Atlanta with Theresa Whitaker
2018 Guest on WTVM’s Business Week with Maureen Akers, Columbus, GA
2018 Guest on Street Talk with Loretta Rose
2018 First Reading and Book Signing at Barnes & Noble, Mall of Georgia, breaking all records for sales by a local author
2018 NIA & THE NUMBERS GAME Book Launch Party in Buford, with dozens of friends, family and associates joining in to celebrate the release of Nia & The Numbers Game.
2018 BTH Creations LLC is formed to support debut book NIA & THE NUMBERS GAME

1999

Dr. Kela Henry graduated from Drexel College of Medicine in 1999.

News Highlights

Drexel Alumni, News & Highlights
(Dr. Kela Henry 2023 recipient of The 2023 Drexel Boots Cooper MD Award) At the time, she noticed a lot of her patients and their parents were coming to her with questions around sex and you could, ‘cut the tension in the room with a knife.’ She realized that there needed to be more conversations with adolescents around this topic -- conversations that she was grateful to have as a teen. - “Thank God I had a very open-minded and forward-thinking father,” says Dr. Kela. “He talked to me, and he was very realistic. Because of that, I understood that sex was a part of life, and that I should have rules, expectations, and boundaries.” (Read Feature)

Black physician launches new TV series to give teen girls of color a voice
Dr. Kela shares, “There are some incredible teenage girls of color out there. Dozens are starting their own businesses, including non-profits, and giving back to their communities in big ways. Most of them have had to overcome serious setbacks or life-altering experiences and they have forged forward, with only their state of mind carrying them through to the next day.” (Read Feature)

Preview of new TV series “Let’s Talk Teens with Dr. Kela”
African American teenage girls are calling out for help and Dr. Kela Henry hears them and is directly and candidly discussing their on-going issues while they and their families deal with unprecedented mental health issues including depression, their lack of enthusiasm for anything, and the debilitating reality for them that life itself may not be worth living. Suicide among teens is the highest it has ever been in our country’s history, with parents sleeping in the rooms of teens to prevent them from taking their own lives while the house is dark, and resting is the intention. (Read Feature)

African American Family Practitioner, Dr. Kela Henry, Releases New Self-Help Guide/ Novel That Teaches Teens About Decision Making
Atlanta, GA — After meeting hundreds of African-American, Latina and Asian teenage girls throughout her career, author Dr. Kela Henry was compelled to write a book for teen girls that emphasizes the importance of decisions. Told in narrative form, Nia & The Numbers Game: A Teenager’s Guide to Education, Relationships & Sex (published by BTH Creations LLC) is a new user-friendly guide for adolescent girls that helps them to learn about the changes occurring in their bodies and how to best navigate the circumstances of their teenage years. (Read Feature)