Before we ask you to prioritize patient care, we first set a higher standard for teaching, advising, supporting and sustaining your pursuit as a future doctor.
Everything we do at Kansas City University aims to support and improve student success.
Kansas City has been home to KCU for more than 100 years. As one of five original U.S. colleges of osteopathic medicine, we stand as the oldest medical school in Kansas City and the largest medical school in Missouri. Our state-of-the-art urban campus — within easy reach of downtown and its amenities — allows students to play an outsized role in the health of the community through year-round service learning opportunities.
Kansas City University is proud to partner with Mercy Hospital Joplin and Freeman Health System which make Joplin a medical hub in the South Central United States serving 250,000 people from four states daily. The KCU Farber-McIntire Campus in Joplin, Missouri is home to the College of Osteopathic Medicine-Joplin and the new KCU College of Dental Medicine. We are proud to join a resilient town that united around the rebirth of its community, including a commitment to train physicians locally to improve access to health care for its residents.
#1Leading producer of physicians for the State of Missouri
>99%Average residency placement rate over the past three years
10,000+Physician alumni worldwide
Ryan A. Coute, DO ‘18Emergency Care PhysicianDr. Coute has contributed to addressing health care disparities in emergency medicine and research around cardiac arrest and resuscitation. He is a former Sarnoff Fellow at the University of Michigan. Currently, he’s an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Navpreet K. Bains, DO ‘16Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Fellow – University of Missouri-ColumbiaDr. Bain is board-certified in Psychiatry & Neurology and Neurology-Vascular Neurology. She completed her neurology residency at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and is now pursuing a fellowship in endovascular surgical neuroradiology.
Olga R. Garcia, DO ‘15Colorectal and General Surgeon – Nellis Air Force BaseDr. Garcia is a board-certified colorectal surgeon with interests in minimally invasive surgery, graduate medical education, patient empowerment, and health care policy. She is a Colorectal and General Surgeon for the U.S. Air Force and serves as the Director of Robotic Surgery and Cancer Committee Chair. She’s also an Assistant Professor of Surgery for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.
Ethan T. Anglemyer, DO ‘14Inpatient Psychiatry Attending – Boston Children’s HospitalDr. Anglemyer is double board-certified in adult and child/adolescent psychiatry. He’s currently an inpatient psychiatric attending at Boston Children's Hospital as well as an instructor of clinical psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has a speciality in providing holistic treatment, therapy, and LGBTQ+ gender-affirming care.
Justin M. Bremer, DO ‘07Staff Anesthesiologist – U.S. Department of Veteran AffairsDr. Bremer is currently a staff anesthesiologist for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs at Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center. He previously served as a Flight Surgeon for the US Air Force.
Nii-Daako Darko, DO ‘06Trauma and Critical Care Surgeon Host – Docs Outside the Box podcastDr. Darko is a board-certified general, trauma and critical care surgeon, entrepreneur and author. He’s the creator and host of Docs Outside the Box podcast, where he highlights stories of ordinary doctors doing extraordinary things to inspire other doctors to think outside the box. Together with his wife, Dr. Renee Darko, they developed Equal Access Health, a locum tenens company to help doctors achieve work-life balance while providing continuous quality care to patients.
Renee Darko, DO ‘06Obstetrician-gynecologist Founder/CEO – Pre-med Strategies, Inc.A board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Renée Darko is a mentor for the Tour for Diversity in Medicine and does international medical missions in Ghana, West Africa as project manager of the International Healthcare Volunteers, an organization focused on women's health. She’s also the founder and CEO of Pre-med Strategies, Inc., where she offers medical school recruiters and diversity officers creative solutions to increase the underrepresented in medicine pre-med engagement using innovative programs, cutting-edge technology, and media solutions. She’s the bestselling author of a children’s book loosely based on her own journey to becoming a doctor, *How Good Ol’ Dr. V Came to Be*.
Denise L. Wunderler, DO ‘04Sports Medicine Physician - Harley-Davidson Motor Company Team Physician - USA VolleyballDr. Wonderlunder is a dual board-certified sports medicine physician who brings her expertise to her roles at the Harley Davidson Motor Company and as the Team Physician for USA Volleyball. She is also the founder of the family’s non-profit to raise awareness for SUDC (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood) and support SUDC research, Team Vienna 4 SUDC Awareness, Inc.
Leonard H. Calabrese, CO ‘75Staff Physician and Professor of Medicine – Immunologist at Cleveland ClinicDr. Calabrese is a world-renowned HIV researcher who has spent his career studying HIV/AIDS and its effects on the immune system, and treating patients with HIV, Hepatitis C, and rare autoimmune diseases. In addition to his role as an immunologist at the Cleveland Clinic, he's also leading a groundbreaking nationwide project to study empathy and its relationship to osteopathic medicine.
Margaret Aguwa, DO ‘73Family Medicine Physician; Founder – OsteoCHAMPS ProgramAs a family medicine physician, Dr. Aguwa has been a champion for underserved communities. In 2000, she founded the OsteoCHAMPS program to support high school students in underrepresented communities looking to enter health care professions in the state of Michigan. She also helps train medical students on cultural sensitivity and has created breast cancer support groups for the African American community.
