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philanthropists, and other community sources kicking in $35 million per year. They also said UT would put up $5 mil- lion a year for eight years for laboratory equipment and renovations for a medi- cal school. Earlier, Seton Healthcare Family offi-
cials said they would commit $250 mil- lion toward construction of a teaching hospital to replace University Medical Center Brackenridge, a publicly owned hospital operated by Seton and located across 15th Street from the UT campus. Seton funds and supports 200 UT Southwestern residents in 14 medical residency and fellowship programs and supports 133 full-time faculty members who teach residents and medical stu- dents, in addition to 149 volunteer fac- ulty members, at Brackenridge. Led by Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin),
local civic, political, and education offi- cials are pushing a 10-point plan to ex- pand medical education and health care in Austin. Dr. Cigarroa said Austin is one of the
few cities of its size in the nation with- out a medical school. “This is a great day for Texas and The University of Texas System,” Dr. Cigar- roa said. “These two new schools and re- lated residency programs will have their own unique features and their respective paths, but together they will each fulfill the need for advancing medical training, developing a health care workforce in rapidly growing areas of the state that have substantial physician and health professional shortages, increasing bio- medical research, and improving health care for Central Texas, South Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley.” The regents said UT is committed to developing a medical school in South Texas if:
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• Current state funding for the Regional Academic Health Center as part of the UT Health Science Center at San An- tonio increases, allowing the money eventually to shift to the new medial school;
• Successful residency programs are established across Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties, and far- ther up the Rio Grande into Webb
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County to support education and training for a medical school; and
• Funds from the state and local com- munities are available to allow ongo- ing operation of the school.
“For the past 15 years, we have been working diligently to lay a solid founda- tion for a medical school in South Texas,” Dr. Cigarroa said. “This is a house built on rock.”
2012 match rate hits 30-year-high
(NRMP). The total was the high- est match rate for U.S. seniors in the past 30 years. Nearly 16,000 U.S. medical students
were among a total of 38,377 medi- cal graduates who participated in this year’s Match Day. Of the applicants who matched, 81.6 percent of U.S. seniors and 81.5 percent of independent appli- cants matched to one of their top three choices. More than 56 percent of U.S. seniors and approximately 49 percent of independent applicants matched to their first choice. NRMP reported that in addition to students from U.S. allopathic medical schools, other participants in the 2012 Match included:
• 2,360 students and graduates of os- teopathic schools — an increase of 182 over 2011 and up almost 500 over five years.
• 4,279 U.S. citizens from international medical schools—510 more individ- uals than in 2011 and up more than 1,300 over five years.
• 6,828 non-U.S. citizens/graduates of international medical schools—169 more individuals than in 2011.
More than 95 percent of U.S. medical school seniors matched to residency po- sitions during the annual Match Day in March, according to new data released by the National Resident Matching Pro- gram®
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