Why Wayne State?

Wayne State University has benefitted from having a heart and belief in assisting the educational pursuits of underrepresented in medicine students either through direct admission or through the Post Baccalaureate Program. You will have the unique opportunity to be involved in a community that accepts you, encourages you, and will help and assist in your education.

As an underrepresented student, the professional networking and community engagement opportunities with those who look like you are unparalleled experiences, and receiving medical training in Detroit means you learn to take care of primarily Black and Brown communities.

It was clear during my interview with the Wayne State University School of Medicine that the same values of family, community and fair treatment of people were held in high regard. I also admired the rigorous academic aspirations of the university and its up-front investment in students in an attempt to nurture compassionate and capable physicians.

My experience at the Wayne State University School of Medicine prepared me to be a competent and compassionate physician. Even though Wayne is a large medical school, I never felt like a number. I was embraced.

I have come to learn that WSU is a no-barrier kind of school. If a student sees a need for change or has an idea for a volunteer activity, faculty only asks how we can make that happen.

Wayne was a community for me. We came to class and became family, even in a class of over 200 students. It was a time of challenge, excitement, tears and perseverance. I met students who were from across the nation, various ages and stages of life, with diversity of cultures and ideas. 

For decades, historically, Native Americans who chose to go into the medical profession were directed into primary care. I have chosen a different path, that of being an anesthesiologist