Midday on Medicine continues with a spotlight on a proposed new medical school at one of the nation's leading HBCU institutions.
Only about 5% of the physicians in the United States are Black, and it has been nearly 50 years since an historically Black college or university has opened a medical school. Morgan State University is moving toward changing that, with plans for a proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine on its Baltimore campus.
Joining Tom to tell us about it are Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, the proposed college's founding president, and Dr. John Sealey, its founding dean and director. They join us on Zoom.
![Dr. John Sealey (left), a surgeon and medical school administrator, is the founding dean of Morgan State University's proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Barbara Ross Lee, an osteopathic physician and academic administrator, is its president. (photos courtesy MSU)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a0318b6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/784x420+0+0/resize/880x471!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F46%2F9c%2F3eb23cec47b4b65f067feb8388a9%2Fjohn-sealey-barbararosslee-combo.png)