Morehouse School Of Medicine Has Entered A Partnership Worth $100 Million To Invest In Black Doctors

The Morehouse School of Medicine has partnered up with CommonSpiritHealth for a $100 million deal to train more Black doctors over the next 10 years.

A statement given by the president and dean of the school, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice reads:

“Of the 21,863 students entering medical school in 2019, only 1,626 were Black — and only 619 were Black males. This statistic is alarming for many reasons, not the least of which is the impact of patient care. Studies show that Black patients have better outcomes when treated by Black doctors.”

She added:

“We believe that educating and training more physicians who are underrepresented in medicine will not just have a positive impact on Black Americans and Black communities, but all communities. We are starting with a focus on Black physicians because of the disparity of the number of Black physicians … has not moved significantly over the last 20 years and so we believe that this is an opportunity to do something and be able to measure the impact immediately.”

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