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CityViewNC.com | 65 Dressing Gentlemen for 100 Years OF ST. PAULS, INC. JOE SUGAR'S "Choose your clothier wisely" Regular, big and tall, and short men's clothing A first generation Cuban American and former U.S. Army doctor and current MBA student at Methodist University, Dr. Ada Ventura Braswell is the Medi- cal Director of Cape Fear Valley Health Obstetrics and Gynecology. Not only does Dr. Braswell deliver babies, she is a wife and raises three children of her own thanks to success- ful co-parenting with her husband's schedule. Her schedule varies as some times she has 24-hour shis at the hospital and other days she has a normal schedule with various board meetings in the evenings and activities with her family. Still, she makes it work. She, along with several other OB/GYN doctors on a team, deliver anywhere between 1,300 and 1,500 babies a year. She covers a broad spectrum… all with great care. And to relax? She loves to cra, read and spend time with her three precious children and husband. 5:00 a.m. - I wake up and start getting my day ready. Now that I am getting my MBA, I will do homework. I feel like getting my MBA will help me do my job better and under- stand the bigger picture. is will help me combine business and medicine together to get the best result. If I am sched- uled for clinic, I eat breakfast and go right in. My husband takes the children to school. 7:15 a.m. - If I am in the office, scheduled for clinic, this is when I arrive. I love the fact that my job is not the same thing every day. If I am in the operating room, I'll be there at 7:00 a.m. Most everything starts at 7:00 a.m. sharp. 8:00 a.m. – is time or any time when I am on call is when I can deliver babies. Each day I am on call, I can deliver any- where between two to eight babies in 24 hours. If I am on call for a whole day, the next day I am off work. 12:00 p.m. – Usually on a "lunch break," I'll have medical di- rector committee meetings and conduct interviews for mid- wife positions. If it's not a busy day and I'm in Fayetteville, I'll go eat lunch at Bento Box on Raeford Road. If I am at the Hoke Hospital, then I'll eat at Applebee's. If I am on labor and delivery, I can't leave so the doctors will go to the cafeteria or bring their own lunch. 1:00 p.m. – I spend the aernoon seeing patients. e clinic dominates the week. I am here three days a week except for my 24 hour shi and my day off. I may run back and forth to do a case in the operating room. 3:00 p.m. – My kids get out of school around this time, but my husband is able to take them to band practice. My hus- band teaches combatives as a contractor to Special Forces and Special Operations soldiers, so he has a pretty flexible schedule. 5:00 p.m. – I'll start my meetings at the hospital right aer work. 7:00 p.m. – I arrive home and even though I've had a long day, more than a few nights out of the week... I will cook. And I cook Cuban food… because that's hard to find around here! I enjoy watching cooking shows and my daughter and I get together in the kitchen. I'm trying to pass on the tradi- tion of making Cuban food to her. 10:00 p.m. – On an average day… this is my bed time. Ex- cept when I have accounting studying to do for my MBA. Dr. Ada Ventura Braswell Medical Director of OB/GYN Programs for Cape Fear Valley Health System

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