Ross-Lee, Dr Barbara – First Black Female to Head a Medical School

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Ross-Lee, Dr Barbara

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Dr Barbara Ross-Lee is best known for being a Black physician, academic and the first Black woman to serve as dean of a United States medical school.

We often see greatness in a family with several members belonging to a particular community, such as medicine, the arts, construction, teaching and so on. Barbara set her own course. The oldest of six children, she attended Wayne State University for her undergraduate education.

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Wayne State University is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan’s third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 24,000 graduate and undergraduate students.

Ross-Lee was raised in the housing projects of Detroit. Her family included well known sister Diana Ross along with being the aunt of actress Tracee Ellis Ross, and singer-songwriters Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Evan Ross.

Barbara Ross had begun her pre-medical studies at Wayne State University in 1960, during the growth of the civil rights movement. At that time, few medical schools offered admission to minority students and neither federal nor private funding was available to help support students from low-income families. At Wayne State, her pre-medical advisor did not believe women should be physicians, and so she declined to authorize Ross’s request to study human anatomy as her major.

Once again, we see personal prejudices at work. Advisors who make unscientific decisions and guide dedicated people away from their calling. In many cases it makes it almost impossible for people to attain their goals. It is one thing to objectively make an assessment, but this, as in so many cases, could prove detrimental to the person and ultimately, society. People willing to accept the challenge of their choices, work hard, show dedication and tenacity are often prevented from even trying.

We have seen many people denied the opportunity to pursue their chosen field because someone has a perceived falsehood about their ability. This is in contrast to those chosen with lesser qualifications and drive. Believe it or not, this is a form of affirmative action which favors Whites to the exclusion of Blacks. This has been an accepted form of racial discrimination in America for centuries.

In this case we see a woman with a desire to fill a great void in America, the need for Blacks and the need for women in medicine. She had the intellect to do so, the desire and tenacity to do so but was diverted by a “well-meaning counselor.”

As we analyze items left out of history. We see this with great frequency.

Ross Lee married during her junior year, prolonging her graduation by a year.

Ross-Lee instead graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and chemistry in 1965 and joined the National Teacher Corps, a federal program, in which she could earn a degree while teaching simultaneously in the Detroit public school system. After completing the program in 1969, a new educational opportunity arose when Michigan State University opened a school of osteopathic medicine in Pontiac, a Detroit suburb, to which Ross-Lee applied and was accepted. After opening her own private practice in family medicine, she later remarried to Edmond Beverly, who worked for the Michigan public schools. Together, they raised Ross-Lee’s five children.

In 1969, Ross-Lee entered Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Ross-Lee then went on to open her own private family practice, teach as a professor, and hold other positions within the medical community. In 1993, she was elected as the first woman dean of a medical school, at Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has earned several awards and honors for her work and accomplishments.

After graduating from medical school, Ross-Lee remained in Detroit working at her private practice for ten years. She then took a position with the United States Department of Health and Human Services where she worked on medical education and people of color in medicine. Dr. Ross-Lee was also community representative on the Governor’s Minority Health Advisory Committee for the state of Michigan from 1990 to 1993.

She was the first osteopathic physician to receive the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship
Ross-Lee was also awarded the “Magnificent 7” Award presented in 1993 by Business and Professional Women
She has received the Women’s Health Award from Blackboard African American National Bestsellers for her contributions to women’s health.
She also received the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
She is an honorary Doctor of Science from the New York Institute of Technology.

First Female Dean of a U.S. Medical School

In 1993, Ross-Lee became the first African American woman dean of a United States medical school. She remained dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine of Ohio University until 2001. During her tenure there, she reformulated the entire course of study, and drafted a women’s curriculum, earning a reputation as a “change agent.” Ross-Lee led the American Osteopathic Association’s Health Policy Fellowship program and the Training in Policy Studies program.

After leaving Heritage,

she became the vice president of Health Sciences and Medical Affairs at the New York Institute of Technology
in 2002, she became dean of its New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
She continued to hold her position as the vice president of Health Sciences and Affairs at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine during her deanship and advocated for women and people of color in the medical field as well as for the greater field of osteopathic medicine.
Ross-Lee was dean of the School of Health Professions and the College of Osteopathic Medicine

During her tenure at New York Institute of Technology, Ross-Lee built NYITCOM into the fourth largest medical school in the U.S.

the fourth highest ranked osteopathic medicine program in the U.S.
establish NYITCOM at Arkansas State University in 2016
Ross-Lee was also an appointed member of the National Institutes of Health’s Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health and served on the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Minnesota College of Osteopathic Medicine

In 2018, Ross-Lee was appointed the founding dean and chief academic officer of the Minnesota College of Osteopathic Medicine, Minnesota’s first osteopathic medical school which was to be located in Gaylord, Minnesota

Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine

In February 2022, the Morgan State University Board of Regents announced in a public session minutes that Dr. Ross-Lee had been hired as president of the proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State University. The university anticipates pre-accreditation by 2023 and its first class of entering students in the fall of 2024.

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For centuries it has been accepted that it was ok to eliminate entire groups of people from opportunities on the basis of skin color or ancestry, not ability, knowledge or desire and it was ok. We also recognize that competition is the key ingredient. We even pass laws to prevent these groups from educational opportunities like schools. When we reluctantly offer the opportunity for schools but offer physically inferior structures, discarded books from White schools, insufficient supplies and the list continues.

We accept that people are steered away from competing for an education and even the jobs they are hired for. We accept that we are part of the problem with redlining and other government supported discriminatory laws that limit opportunities. Yet, we squeal like a pig under a gate when it comes to any relief of the centuries of discrimination. Many generations of Whites have been able to take advantage of opportunities without competition. This is the other side of affirmative action and demonstrates the belief that it is ok to deny others but highly unacceptable to do anything to allow access to others. History tells us that we have taken steps to rectify the great injustice in the past with the passage of the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th amendments to the United States Constitution. It is time that we acknowledge the injustice and take steps to rectify the injustices and move forward.

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Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., has worked in private practice, for the U.S. Public Health Service, and on numerous committees, and in 1993 was the first African American woman to be appointed dean of a United States medical school.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in a housing project, Barbara Ross-Lee faced discrimination as a young African American woman. Growing up in inner city Detroit, she and her sister shared a fondness for show business, performing with their brothers and sisters in the church choir. But while Diana Ross pursued a career in music that led her from urban poverty to celebrity as the lead singer of the “Supremes,” Barbara Ross made her mark in the sciences.

Barbara Ross began her pre-medical studies at Detroit’s Wayne State University in 1960, during the growth of the Civil Rights movement. Although a few medical schools offered admission to minority students there were no federal or private funding to help support students from poor families. At Wayne State, her pre-medical advisor did not believe women should be physicians, and so she declined to authorize Ross’s request to study human anatomy as her major. Ross graduated with a bachelor of science degree in biology and chemistry in 1965 and, abandoning her original goal of practicing medicine went on to train as a teacher.

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After graduating from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1973, Dr. Ross-Lee ran a solo family practice in Detroit until 1984, when she joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a consultant on education in the health professions. In 1991 she was also the first osteopathic physician to participate in the prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship.

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