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Dr. John Fonge, left, and Dr. Kelvin Wynn.
Racial disparity remains a problem in the health care field, with fewer Black men applying to, and enrolling in, medical school today than in the 1970s.
“When you look in terms of the of the of the number of the physicians in this country, only 2% are Black men. So that’s appalling,” said Dr. Kelvin Wynn, a practicing family medicine specialist with UnityPoint Healthcare. “Then when you look at medical school enrollment, back in 1978-79, the enrollment was actually about 3.1%, and actually in 2019-2020 it was lower at 2.9%.”
Dr. John Fonge, a practicing pediatrician with OSF Health Care, believes attracting more Black men into medical careers is critical to the community’s well-being.