Let’s write your audience the prescription to
become
Dr. Oriuwa's career is a testament to her insatiable curiosity about the human experience. A resident doctor in psychiatry at the University of Toronto, she graduated valedictorian of her medical class and holds a master's degree in Health Systems Leadership and Innovation — credentials that have made her a sought-after thought leader in resilience, leadership, and innovation.
Named one of TIME Magazine's Next Generation Leaders and one of Maclean's Power 50, she published Unlike the Rest, her memoir of becoming, belonging, and being seen, in 2024.
As a speaker, Oriuwa draws from every dimension of her life — physician, poet, mother, leader — infusing keynotes with the rhythm and precision of poetry to turn hard conversations into stories audiences carry with them.
“I was struck by her authenticity, empathy,
and ability to inspire meaningful reflection.”
- PASCALE GENDREAU, M.A., C.O. (OCCOQ/OPQ),
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
“Searing… Unlike any book I’ve read by any other physician.”
- DR. BRIAN GOLDMAN, author of The Power of Teamwork
In this personal story of becoming, belonging and being seen, a psychiatry resident pulls back the curtain on the journey to becoming a doctor.
Best Health Magazine’s
2020 Women of the Year
Time Magazine
Next Generation Leader
Barbie
Role Model
Psychiatrist.
Speaker.
Author.
Mom.
Wife.
Human.
Psychiatrist. Speaker. Author. Mom. Wife. Human.
Beyond the stage, the scrubs and the bylines, Chika is also a mom, wife, friend, chronic overthinker and very real human figuring out how ambition, family, work and life are all supposed to fit together.
She believes there’s just as much worth exploring in the everyday moments as there is in the big ones - the chaos of motherhood, the dynamics of relationships, the things that make us laugh, the questions we can’t stop thinking about, and the constant work of becoming.
Because you can be accomplished and still be figuring it out.
