Kaosoluchi Enendu, MD, MBA

As an undergraduate at UC Irvine, Kaosoluchi chartered a chapter of the Minority Association for Premedical Students (MAPS) and supported the creation of the Academic Excellence Black Scholars House, which fosters equity in access to resources and a sense of belonging for students underrepresented in academic institutions. Kaosoluchi's advocacy for equity and belonging in higher education continued when she matriculated to the UCI School of Medicine. She is the co-founder of a four-year academic thread entitled LEAD-ABC (Leadership in Education Advancing Diversity- African, Black, and Caribbean) for the purpose of producing physicians who are committed to serving ABC communities. LEAD-ABC is an institutionalized student support structure that also provides scholarships through California state funding, promotes wellbeing, and optimizes each student's ability to excel. The program helped achieve a historic moment in 2020 when UCISOM matriculated a record 12 Black medical students when the classes of 2018 and 2020 graduated without any. She served as her school’s Gold Humanism Honor Society co-president and was also an active leader in the SNMA during her four years of medical school, serving as Chapter President, Associate Regional Director, and Co-Chair of the National Mental Health Initiative Committee. While in medical school, Kaosoluchi also completed her MBA with a Physician and Healthcare Executive concentration to optimize reform efforts to create systems that address the needs of underserved communities through a business of medicine lens. Kaosoluchi is passionate about minoritized trainee mental health and well-being. She participated in an AAMC panel discussing best practices to support minority medical students. She works to address health inequities, with a focus on racial trauma – stress stemming from the experience of racial discrimination. Kaosoluchi also serves on the leadership team of the National Anti-Racism in Medicine Curriculum Coalition, designing curriculum, teaching courses, and presenting at various conferences and grand rounds. Eventually, Kaosoluchi would like to consult on the creation of mission-based programs like LEAD-ABC around the country. For fun, she loves to travel, work on graphic designs for her clothing line, and spend time with loved ones.