KCU News

Kansas City University osteopathic medical students earned top honors across every competition category at the 2025 Kansas City Medical Conference held December 6, 2025.

Kansas City University has been awarded a one-year $273,000 grant from the Patterson Family Foundation to launch a new initiative designed to strengthen health care access in rural communities across Southeast Kansas and Western Missouri.

Marc B. Hahn, DO, President and CEO of Kansas City University, highlights the efforts of KCU to expand the physician and dental workforce, particularly in primary care and rural areas.

Through the Refugee Health Navigator Program, Kansas City University students learn whole-person care by walking alongside refugee families as they navigate the U.S. health care system.

Congratulations to members of the KCU-COM Class of 2026 who participated in Military Match Day!

Score 1 for Health housed within the Center for Population Health and Equity at Kansas City University, has received a $25,000 grant from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund to purchase critical medical equipment.

Whether it’s a sudden toothache or a winter sports mishap, Dr. Erinne Kennedy shares practical, easy-to-follow tips for recognizing and responding to dental emergencies.

A routine moment of hands-on practice turned into something far more memorable—both professionally and personally—for second-year medical student Bryant Pace.

Dr. Sarah Getch explains that gratitude is more than a mood booster, it's also good your health.

From the cockpit to the clinic, few have broken as many barriers as Rebecca E. deVillers, CAPT., MC, USN, DO. One of the first women to serve as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon and a leader in both military and civilian medicine, she has spent her career paving the way for others.

A 1983 Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine alumnus Floyd Jones, DO, has spent more than four decades caring families in rural Louisiana—a career defined by service, compassion and gratitude for the education that set him on his path. 

For Kenneth Melchionna, DO, a longtime member of the Kansas City University Board of Trustees and alumnus of the College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 1990, his calling began during an ophthalmology lecture.