Texas’ rising generation of Black physicians want to increase representation

Texas Medical Association, February 25, 2022

Tsola Efejuku, a UTMB medical student, was raised by a family of health care professionals. His mom is a pharmacist, one of his uncles is a physician and another is a physical therapist. This early exposure piqued his interest in the field. But outside of his family, he found little reinforcement. “I didn’t see too many [other] Black physicians,” he said. In 2020, 6.3% of active physicians in Texas identified as Black or African American, compared with 13.4% of the state population.

Texas’ rising generation of Black physicians want to increase representation

Texas Medical Association, February 25, 2022

Tsola Efejuku, a UTMB medical student, was raised by a family of health care professionals. His mom is a pharmacist, one of his uncles is a physician and another is a physical therapist. This early exposure piqued his interest in the field. But outside of his family, he found little reinforcement. “I didn’t see too many [other] Black physicians,” he said. In 2020, 6.3% of active physicians in Texas identified as Black or African American, compared with 13.4% of the state population.