Welcome to the Greater Kansas City Medical Society Website!
INTRODUCTION
The Greater Kansas City Medical Society (GKCMS) is a chapter of theNational Medical
Association (NMA). This website is intended
for physicians and consumers to find out about activities of the GKCMS at all
levels -- local, state, and national -- and provide information
that is important for one's health and the practice of medicine. We invite
and welcome comments and feedback.
May Meeting Update-
At the May meeting, members unamimously voted to create a new social event for area physicians. The society will sponsor a "Family Fun Day" in June. All area physicians and their family's with an interest our organization's values are invited to attend. This event will give us a chance to relax in an informal setting and get to know each other better.
What: Family Fun Day- Food- tokens- Drinks
When: Saturday June 23rd
Time: 12-3 PM
Where: Dave and Buster's- Legends
Who's Invited: Members, Family, and Guest of Society Members
Cost: Free
For more information, contact Dr. Don Peghee
dpeghee@yahoo.com
Next Meeting - Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Planning Summer and Fall Events
Presentation/Meeting 7:00-8:30 PM
With the integration of many of the local U. S. medical societies by the early1960's, many African American doctors were re-evaluating the importance of "Negro" medical organizations. In response, W. Montague Cobb, MD, wrote an editorial for the Journal of the National Medical Association regarding the future of "Negro" medical organizations. The editorial puts into perspective the important role of the Negro physician in the delivery of health care in American since the 1870's.
Click the following link to download this important historical document. The Future of Negro Medical Organizations.
Dr. Vernon Mills presented a history of the Black medical sociery in America and Dr. Donald Peghee presented a history of Kansas City area African-American physician trailblazers at a recent meeting..
Click on the following links to download the powerpoint/pdf presentations of Dr Mills and Peghee.
Downloads
Format- Powerpooint PDF
History of Black Doctors History of Black Doctors
KC area Trailblazers KC area Trailblazers
HISTORY OF OUR MEDICAL SOCIETY
Reviewing the history of African American health care in Kansas City is essential to understanding the reason the Greater Kansas City Medical Society was created. In 1962, the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA) published an extensive analysis and history of the delivery of health care in Kansas City to African Americans from 1873-1962. The article focused on the development of healthcare facilities designed specifically for "negro" patients, the integration of hospitals in the area and profiled the many Kansas City African American doctors that delivered care in the city during that time span. JNMA Vol 54 (5) Sept 1962.
The June 2009 issue of the JNMA published two excellent articles that reviewed the history of African American physicians and health care in this country. Click on the following links below to download for these articles.
Creating a Segregated Medical Profession: African American Physicians and Organized Medicine, 1846-1910.
Segregation, Civil Rights, and Health Disparities: The Legacy of African American Physicians and Organized Medicine, 1910-1968.
for more information regarding the GKCMS, Contact
Vernon Mills, MD, Treasurer
3550 S. 4th St, Ste 120
Leavenworth, KS
(913) 772-6046
info
vamdlh@birch.net
