The Bay Area is slated to get its first new medical school in more than 100 years, thanks to a partnership between two longstanding institutions and the largesse of a Silicon Valley couple.
Santa Clara University and Sutter Health plan to jointly open the Mark and Mary Stevens School of Medicine around 2030 in Santa Clara, creating a new line of study at the historic private college, and bolstering the potential future workforce of the not-for-profit healthcare system.
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Sutter and university officials said they hope the medical school will be a hub for collaborative, innovative clinical training, and boost the number of doctors flowing into the health ecosystem in California and the nation, which is far short of patient need amid an aging population.
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