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UT Austin launches construction of Dell Medical School

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By Monica Ayala-Talavera Updated: Monday, April 21, 2014, 11:55 am Published: Monday, April 21, 2014, 11:12 am

UT Austin launches construction of Dell Medical School (Frank Martinez/KXAN)

AUSTIN (KXAN) The University of Texas at Austin launched construction of their new Dell Medical School on Monday at a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new school.

UT is the first tier-one university in the U.S. in decades to establish a new medical school thanks to the approved 2012 proposal to increase the tax rate for Central Health and commit $55 million each year to support the medical school. The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation also pledged $50 million to establish the school.

Last year, the UT System Board of Regents committed $334 million for the construction. Additionally, the Seton Healthcare Family has committed $295 million a portion of which will come from fundraising to build a new 211-bed teaching hospital to replace the aging University Medical Center Brackenridge. Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas will serve as the medical schools primary clinical in-patient teaching facility and enhance services to residents of Central Texas.

The 515,000 square-foot school will include a medical office building, a parking garage and research, educational and administrative facilities. UT officials said they expect the first facilities to be completed by the fall of 2016.

UT President Bill Powers, Dell Medical School Dean Clay Johnston, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and Sen. Kirk Watson were present at the groundbreaking ceremony, among other community leaders and officeholders.

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Officials mark start of construction of UTs Dell Medical School

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The start of construction of the Dell Medical School was celebrated Monday morning at the University of Texas. It had the feel of a ground breaking ceremony, minus any ground being broken.

Were doing this so we can better serve society by finding new ways to deliver health care, said UT President Bill Powers. Innovation will be the underpinning of the Dell Medical School.

The ceremony, with remarks by a series of dignitaries, was held beneath a large white tent at 15th and Red River streets, where the education and administration building will rise. A nearby medical office building, research building and garage also will be constructed as part of the $334 million project.

Ground is expected to be broken this fall on the UT campus for a $295 million teaching hospital, which will be owned and operated by the Seton Healthcare Family.

There were many beaming faces at Mondays ceremony, perhaps none more so than that of state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, a key architect of the medical complex plan.

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School president sees UNR, UNLV as complementary, not competitors

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University of Nevada Reno President Marc Johnson listens to a question during an editorial board meeting at the Las Vegas Sun offices Tuesday, April 1,2014.

By Sun Staff (contact)

Sunday, April 20, 2014 | 2 a.m.

UNR President Marc Johnson sat down with the Suns editorial board earlier this month. A wide-ranging discussion included talk about improving the states education system, the proposed medical school at UNLV, attaining the top Carnegie Foundation classification and the states north-south rivalry. Heres a condensed version of the discussion:

Whats the elevator pitch you would tell somebody who is considering going to UNR or giving to it?

The University of Nevada, Reno is a high-performing institution, a national merit sponsoring and access institution, really putting a balanced approach to undergraduate and graduate education, research and community engagement with the entire state.

How do you compare UNR? Are there peers?

The peers we choose are those institutions in our neighboring states that are balanced between an arts and science mission and a service mission, and theyre very high research and theyre U.S. News and World Report top-tier schools. So, we compare ourselves to University of Oregon, University of Utah, University of New Mexico and the University of Arizona. Oregon State and Washington State are good peers as well, and you always select a group of peers that generate a challenge. Those generate a challenge, and we expect to grow.

How do you think you match up to those?

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COMMUNITY COMMENT: IU med school the fruit of seeds first sown in the 60s

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Lawsuit Claims Wayne State Bilked Research Money From US

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DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A lawsuit filed by a fired medical school professor says Wayne State University bilked more than $169 million in research grant money from the U.S. government.

The lawsuit, filed byChristian Kreipke in 2012 and investigated by the government since then, was unsealed last month in U.S. District Court in Detroit, The Detroit Free Press reported.

In the suit, Kreipke claims the school inflated the costs of research projects to get more in grant money from the government. He said, for example, the school spent$235,000for 300 lab rats that actually cost $12 to $80 apiece, and paid $150,000 to a researcher who didnt do any work ona project.

Kreipke said he complained about the suspected fraud to university officials and was shortly thereafter fired from his job. Kreipkes lawyer, Shereef Akeel, said his clients reputation is at stake.

Dr. Kreipkes exemplary career has been destroyed for standing up for the truth, Akeel told The Detroit Free Press. Unfortunately, what happened to the professor is what typically happens to whistle-blowers who get the courage to speak out.

Ifthe lawsuit is successful, the government could get up to 70 percent of any settlement or judgment.

Authorities at Wayne State said they learned of the lawsuit from media reports.

The author of the litigation an individual who was terminated from his employment for research-related misconduct has attempted to challenge his termination multiple times using several approaches. Without exception, every such attempt has failed decisively, the school said in a statement. Should Wayne State be served with this latest claim, we will defend aggressively, and we are confident that it will result in dismissal, as have all of his earlier attempts.

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World of opportunity for visiting medical students

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By ALEX SINNOTTApril 19, 2014, 4 a.m.

HAILING from as far away as balmy Brisbane and cold Canada, students at Deakin Medical School are more than adjusting to Warrnambools somewhat unpredictable climate.

Deakin Medical Schools 2013 dux Dr Ben Fleming (left), who is completing his internship at Warrnambool Base Hospital, with third-year students Maddy Corke, from Brisbane, Graham Spencer, from Vancouver, and Robbie Mann, from Melbourne.

HAILING from as far away as balmy Brisbane and cold Canada, students at Deakin Medical School are more than adjusting to Warrnambools somewhat unpredictable climate.

Melbournes Robbie Mann, Vancouvers Graham Spencer and Brisbanes Maddy Corke have all settled into practical study at Warrnambool Base Hospital following two years of theoretical training at Deakins Waurn Ponds campus.

The medical student trio are relishing the opportunity to become more involved in hands-on learning, with last years medical school dux Ben Fleming returning as part of his final-year internship.

Mr Spencer originally studied child psychology but switched to general practice as a way of broadening his career opportunities.

(Having a general medical degree) opens up the possibilities of working here or anywhere in the world, really, the former Vancouverite said.

Ms Corke said she always had an inclination towards medical studies and was happy to switch to Warrnambool after her two-year stint at the Deakin Medical Schools base in Waurn Ponds.

All of us have done some undergraduate study, plus Waurn Ponds, so its great were able to learn first-hand what work is involved inside a hospital, the former Queenslander said.

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Personal Testimonial: Dr Dave Arneson, Naturopathic Medical Doctor – Video

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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 2014 Scholarship Gala for Alumni and Friends – Video

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PNWU president welcomes possible medical school at WSU Spokane

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Earlier this month, Washington State University President Elson Floyd announced plans to explore a medical school on WSUs Spokane campus, which would be the states second publicly funded medical school.

And for local Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences president, Dr. Keith Watson, WSUs effort is welcome.

We need all hands on deck to meet this coming health care shortage, Watson said Wednesday in a telephone interview.

The University of Washington, however, does not support a second state-funded medical school because officials say they doubt the states financial ability to support two institutions. In an Associated Press story this week, UW officials said it would be more cost-effective to expand the UWs enrollment.

But Watson said he is concerned that UWs capacity is inadequate to meet current and growing needs for more doctors.

We take issues with the model that (the University of Washington) has used; its great, but its not sufficient, he said.

The UW had been the only medical school in the state until PNWU was founded as a private, nonprofit institution in 2005. Theres also a naturopathic medical school in Kirkland, Bastyr University, thats been around since 1978. In Washington state, naturopaths are approved to be primary care physicians; thats not always true elsewhere.

The UW is an allopathic school and PNWU is osteopathic; osteopathic medicine has a different philosophy, with a greater emphasis on prevention and on looking at the patient as a whole person. Historically, the two were much more distinct, but now the training is almost identical and osteopaths and allopaths practice alongside one another.

Floyd said his reasoning is largely based on the upcoming doctor shortage in the country, which is projected to be severe: With the nations baby boomer docs close to retirement, along with an increased demand for health care, particularly among a growing aging population, the U.S. will face a shortage of about 91,500 doctors by 2020, according to estimates from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

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Kennedy: Lafayette ideal location for medical school

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Louisiana needs another medical school. Lafayette would be an ideal location.

Our state has a doctor shortage. One-third of our people live in a federally-designated primary care shortage area. More than 2 million Louisianians lack the access to specialist physicians enjoyed by people who live in wealthier states.

Louisianas physician shortage is probably going to get worse. More of our doctors (28 percent) are 60 or older than are under 40 (19 percent). Our three medical schools LSU New Orleans, LSU Shreveport and Tulane graduate about 450 doctors a year, but not all of them stay in Louisiana. In 2012, 108 out of 171 graduates of LSU Medical School in New Orleans remained in Louisiana; for Tulanes Class of 2012, it was 35 out of 177.

Like the rest of America, our population is aging. By 2030, 20 percent of all Louisianians will be 65 or older, and most of them will need a doctor. The federal Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which will insure many previously uninsured Americans, will push demand even higher. No wonder the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts our country will need 63,000 more physicians by 2015 (140,000 by 2025) than we are likely to have to serve Americas medical needs.

Other states are addressing their physician shortages. Twenty-nine new medical schools have opened in the last 20 years, including a major expansion in 2013 of the University of Mississippi College of Medicine. Louisiana still has time to catch up, but only if we act immediately by establishing a fourth medical school in our state.

Our politicians can fight over the turf later, but an appropriate location for that new medical school is Lafayette. Metropolitan Lafayette is one of the fastest-growing regions of our state, with a thriving, diversified economy, superb quality of life and an accomplished community of health care providers.

Lafayette General Medical Center, which is now a teaching hospital after taking over the states Charity Hospital in Lafayette (the University Medical Center. now known as the University Hospital and Clinics), is the largest full-service, acute care medical center in Acadiana. Lafayette General could easily and efficiently support the new medical school, perhaps in conjunction with the new Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, the Regional Medical Center of Acadiana and Womens and Children Hospital.

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There will, of course, be hurdles. For one thing, money is tight. The new medical school at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, which opened in 2013, cost $100 million. I believe Louisiana could do it cheaper. Louisiana could save money on its new medical schools physical plant needs by using some of the existing infrastructure in our Charity Hospital system. Besides, once our new medical school is operational, a class of 100 students would generate $8.4 million a year in tuition for all classes in the four-year program.

A second hurdle will be obtaining new medical residencies. A medical school graduate cannot practice medicine in the U.S. until he or she has received on-the-job training as a resident under the supervision of a senior, fully licensed physician for three to five years, depending on the branch of medicine the resident chooses. There is a looming shortage of medical residencies. By 2020 the number of U.S. medical school graduates will exceed the number of residencies.

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