Danielle Nicole Jones ( Brown; born August 12, 1986), also known as Mama Doctor Jones, is an American

obstetrician-gynecologist Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and ...

(OB/GYN) and

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. Various media outlets have highlighted her significant following on

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, and

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, where she has received attention for her posts aiming to educate young people about

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Personal life and education

Jones was born in

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on August 12, 1986. She received a

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from

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

before pursuing postgraduate medical studies at the

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Health Sciences Center, where she received her

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. Jones is married to Donnie Ray Jones, a

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and

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, with whom she has four children. In 2021, the family moved to

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, New Zealand.

Career

She worked as an OB/GYN at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in College Station,

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and as an assistant professor at

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. Various media outlets have highlighted her significant following on

, and

, where she has received attention for her posts aiming to educate young people about

. Jones is a founding member of the Pinnacle Conference, a leadership conference for female physicians, as well as the Association for Healthcare Social Media. In 2021, she accepted a job at

Southland Hospital The Southern District Health Board (Southern DHB) was a district health board which provided healthcare to an area covering the southern half of the South Island of New Zealand. In July 2022, the Southern DHB was dissolved as part of a nationwid ...

, New Zealand.

Social media

In 2009, Jones began posting on social media about medical topics as a medical student with two goals: provide the public with accurate medical information and provide a "traveling CV" of her work. Her primary modes of communication were Twitter and her blog. During her medical residency, Jones stopped uploading information to social media because she was a new mom and "was so busy and learning to be a doctor and focusing every ounce of erenergy on being a good doctor and learning everything hecould." Four years later, Jones rejoined social media, focusing her energy on Instagram, then moved to YouTube. In November 2021, Jones received a YouTube gold award for reaching one million subscribers.

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