Dr. Adjoa D.

Before attending Ross University School of Medicine, Dr. Duker graduated from the University of Virginia, where she studied sociology on a pre-med track. After completing her undergraduate studies, she enrolled in a post-baccalaureate pre-med program at Howard University, where she studied nutritional sciences. This experience first inspired Dr. Duker to mentor the next generation of physicians and allied health professionals, and it continues to inform her approach to coaching pre-med students through academic challenges.

During medical school, Dr. Duker was active in the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), having first joined the organization as an undergraduate, and she led the effort to establish the first SNMA chapter at Ross University. After earning an MD, Dr. Duker completed her internship year in pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn before transitioning to family medicine, completing her residency training at North Shore Glen Cove Hospital on Long Island, New York. She pursued a reproductive health and family planning fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, during which she also earned her MPH at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in the population and family health track.

Dr. Duker and her fellowship team served as dedicated faculty educators to Albert Einstein medical students, leading didactic sessions on women's reproductive health. She has also served as a faculty member in a family medicine department in Brooklyn, where she taught principles of primary care, women's health, and evidence-based medicine to residents and medical students. Dr. Duker and her fellowship team contributed a chapter on sexual assault and abuse to Gynecology for the Primary Care Physician, published by Springer Science. A New York City Native, Dr. Duker’s past research has included evaluating contraception continuation rates in adolescents of color in the Bronx. 

Dr. Duker was honored with the SNMA Certificate of Appreciation at the Region IX Medical Education Conference at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in recognition of her commitment to the professional development of future underrepresented medical students in New York. Dr. Duker has also been an invited speaker and a member of the conference committee for the inaugural Artemis Medical Society conference for women physicians of color, and she has been invited to present at Grand Rounds for a psychiatry residency program on wellness, self-care, and burnout management. More recently, she has served as a Program Curriculum Developer and Editor for the Emory School of Medicine Elementary Pediatric Health Curriculum partnership with Atlanta Public Schools.

Today, Dr. Duker primarily works in outpatient primary care and has also worked internationally with a maternal health NGO in Ghana. She has experience with international medical volunteering, serving on medical missions in Ghana and Dominica. 

Dr. Duker’s coaching and teaching philosophy encourages students to be action-oriented in meaningful ways, including peer support, community engagement, and problem-solving. As an admissions coach, she treasures mentoring and coaching the next generation of doctors and allied health professionals.