Black doctors at UPenn mentor high school students through Physician Track Program

A program at the University of Pennsylvania is pairing Black male high school students with mentors who show them pathways into the medical field.

"Probably 75% of it is more leadership," said Dr. Lamin Sonko, a first-year emergency medicine student at Penn, who is also one of the mentors. "Part of it is trying to be just the best role model possible. Doing what I would want, you know, someone who's ahead of me to be doing," said Sonko. "Instead of just focusing on high school, it made me think ahead a little bit," said Tri'Von Brown, a rising high school senior who's part of the program. "They help you with grades and they help you with other things as far as advancement."

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