Robert Gore, MD, Jacobs School alumnus and founder of Kings Against Violence Initiative in Brooklyn, will address students
BUFFALO, N.Y. – More than 200 college and high school students from throughout the state will gather Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo for Rx for Success: Preparing for Medical School. Rx for Success is an annual UB program that helps college students prepare for careers in medicine.
The program is co-sponsored by UB’s Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and the Jacobs School chapters of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), which supports current and future underrepresented medical students, and the National Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA), which advocates for the improved health of the Latinx community in the United States.
Even in a diverse state like New York, where African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos comprise more than 30% of the population, underrepresented groups make up only 12% of the physician workforce.
UB’s CSTEP Director Shanna Crump-Owens says that Rx for Success is designed to help talented underrepresented students by providing them with essential information from Jacobs School medical students, faculty and physicians who share strategies on how to become a competitive applicant to medical school.
The free program includes breakfast, lunch, hands-on workshops and tours.
Speakers range from Jacobs School students who will discuss their experiences applying to and attending medical school, to faculty and admissions administrators who will explain the application process and the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam.
Who: More than 200 college and high school students will attend from throughout New York State. Keynote speaker is Robert Gore, Jacobs School alumnus, attending physician in emergency medicine at Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn and founder of the anti-violence organization, KAVI.
Jacobs School speakers include Ifeoma Ezeilo, Class of 2025, president of SNMA; Valeria Marquez Luna, Class of 2025, president of LMSA; David Milling, MD, executive director of the Office of Medical Education and senior associate dean for medical education; Dori Marshall, MD, director of admissions and associate dean.
What: Students will learn about the medical school admissions process and the MCAT; they will participate in hands-on workshops where they will learn how to suture, and how to “Stop the Bleed.” They will also tour the Jacobs School.
When: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
Best time for media: 1-2 p.m., which includes the medical student panel and the hands-on workshops.
Where: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, 955 Main St. Buffalo (map).
Press arrangements: Ellen Goldbaum, 716-771-9255.
