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Texas Legislature gives approval to new UT medical school in East Texas
The UT System Board of Regents approved a proposal in February 2020 to launch efforts to establish a medical school in Tyler.
Author: Reagan Roy
Updated: 10:29 AM CDT May 28, 2021
TYLER, Texas Authorization for the Health Science Center at UT Tyler to allocate its resources to attain accreditation of a doctor of medicine (MD) program a step needed to create a new medical school has passed through the Texas Legislature and will soon be on its way to Governor Abbott’s desk for signature.
The authorization is included in Senate Bill 1, the state’s biennial budget.   ....

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