We need more African American men in medicine. How do we get them there?

Which brings me back to Davon Thomas, our recent MD graduate. Instead of pursing high-paying medical specialties, which many young physicians are doing as medical school debt rises, Thomas has chosen family medicine, the purest form of primary care and the area of greatest need in this country.

And we should all be proud.

Valerie Montgomery Rice is a physician, President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine and member of the Council of Deans of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The original version of this article was originally published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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