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Sutter Health and Santa Clara University to Launch the Mark & Mary Stevens School of Medicine
- Sutter Health and Santa Clara University announced the Mark & Mary Stevens School of Medicine, the Bay Area’s first new medical school in over a century.
- Funding includes a $175 million gift from Mary Stevens and Mark Stevens to establish the school.
- The new school will be embedded within Sutter Health’s system, linking education with clinical care.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed the partnership, emphasizing real-world training in an integrated system.
- The Stevens gift is described as the largest cash gift to Catholic higher education and to both institutions.
- A multi-year accreditation process will determine the inaugural class and setup.
- Plans include a new 272-bed, eight-story medical center by 2031 on Sutter’s West Santa Clara Campus.
- The initiative aims to blend education, research, and care within a learning health system.
- Santa Clara University will support the medical school through AI, ethics, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Officials expect the partnership to help address physician shortages in California.
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