Meet the first-year OUWB medical student behind a nonprofit that’s already raised $200K for patients in need
As a volunteer EMT, Emaad Khan saw a lot of things, but it was one car crash in particular that he just couldn’t seem to let go.
It wasn’t necessarily the severity of the crash — rather, it was how some of the people involved were terrified of being transported to the hospital because of the costs involved.
“I was like, ‘What is happening?’” says the first-year OUWB medical student. “It just didn’t make sense to me. That’s when I started realizing that this is a real struggle for some people.”
So, he did something about it. Specifically, he started a nonprofit.
Called Spread the Love Projects (STLP), the organization is “committed to closing the health care equity gap by providing financial support, essential resources, and preventative care to vulnerable families, with a. particular focus on those facing pediatric health challenges, to improve the quality of life for their children.”
Started in 2022, the nonprofit already has raised more than $208,000. That includes about $103,000 raised in 2025.
The organization also recently announced a partnership with Michigan Medicine’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
“A large part of it is standing for something that’s bigger than yourself,” he says.
(Only partial stories are posted here with hopes to provide a brief overview and introduction to my most recent work. The full version of this story may be found on the OUWB InMedicine site here.)
