A New Chapter in Black Medical Education
As of this week, the nation has only its fifth medical school at an historically Black college and university—and notably it’s in the largely Black city of New Orleans. The Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine has received preliminary approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the accrediting body for U.S. programs that grant the…
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