Can this Kansas City nonprofit get more Black medical students to stay in town after graduating?

Studies show Black patients have safer outcomes when working with Black doctors — who make up less than 6% of that workforce. Mission Vision Project KC supports underrepresented minority medical students and pushes for more physicians of color.
Dr. Michael Weaver in 1977 became the first Black student to graduate as a physician from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine program that leads students from high school to both bachelor’s and medical degrees in a streamlined six years.

From there, Weaver embarked on a 40-year career at St. Luke’s Health System, where he has held many roles, including director of emergency services, director of the sexual assault center and medical director of equity, diversity and inclusion. He also returned to his med school as a clinical professor of emergency medicine.