Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Student Elected to National Board
Fourth-year medical student Antonio Igbokidi was elected to the position of National Chairperson of the Student National Medical Association.
Antonio Igbokidi, MS4, was elected as National Chairperson of the Student National Medical Association at the 2023 SNMA Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC) in April.
SNMA is the nation’s oldest and largest independent, student-run organization focused on the needs and concerns of students of color who are underrepresented in medicine. SNMA has more than 150 chapters across the nation with a membership of more than 7,000 medical students, pre-medical students, and physicians.
Igbokidi served previously as the SNMA’s National Treasurer. He graduated from the University of Arkansas with degrees in Biology and African American Studies and holds a master’s degree in Bioethics from Creighton University.
At the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Igbokidi started an initiative called the Barbershop Talk Therapy Project, designed to integrate mental health professionals into the barbershop in order to heal and de-stigmatize mental health in men of color. He is passionate about integrating community health in his role as a future physician to uplift the voiceless and marginalized.
In April, Igbokidi was awarded the 2023 Excellence in Public Health Award from the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. The awards program recognizes medical students who have done exceptional work in their local community promoting public health and disease prevention.
Antonio’s career interests lie in the field of psychiatry, particularly community psychiatry, addiction, psychoanalytic therapy, and organized medicine.