Talking Shop with Byron Glenn, M.D., Cape Urgent Care

On Monday many Southeast Missourians paused to reflect on the life of Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American remembered by some for his fight and struggle for equality among the discriminated. While Byron Glenn never fought that battle, the Cape Girardeau physician board certified in family medicine overcame a different battle as a boy in the poor section of San Francisco, Calif. Glenn eventually moved from the area that he had lived in since he was 1 year old to Carbondale, Ill., during his junior year of high school. Glenn then served a stint in the Air Force, Southern Illinois University and University of Illinois School of Medicine at Chicago as a student, Oakland, Calif, for a surgical internship and several other Southeast Missouri cities before opening his own practice, Cape Urgent Care, on Jan. 1, 2001. Today, Glenn and his wife, Aminah, have three sons, Ghaffar, Eddie and Anwar, and a daughter, Medina. Business reporter Brian Blackwell sat down with Glenn last week to learn more about his life, the business of medical care and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.