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DES MOINES, Iowa — Later this month, UnityPoint Health is partnering with Black Men in White Coats to host a youth summit to get more Black youth interested in the field of medicine. Nationally only around 5% of doctors are Black men, something that Black Men in White Coats aims to increase. Dr. Ruffin Tchakounte, […]
Revay Stewart was working long nights to pay off his undergraduate debt so he could apply for medical school. His friend decided to step in and help.
Revay Stewart and Ruffin Tchakounte met inside the Methodist emergency room. Tchakounte was in rotation as a fourth-year Des Moines University student. Sign up for our Newsletters "My class, we have three Black students out of 220, including myself," Tchakounte said. "And so I'm always delighted to see other people, Black people specifically, in medicine." Stewart was working as a scribe, not in medical school yet. Undergraduate degree debt was...