History
The school was founded in 1967 with a class of 32 students on its Tucson campus.
In 1974, the University of Arizona received $5.5 million USD from the Arizona state legislature to renovate its football stadium. A provision of this legislation (ARS 15-1630) prohibited University Medical Center from performing abortions (unless the mother's life is in jeopardy) or teaching its medical students abortion procedures. This legislation is still in effect, and could potentially impact every public medical school in Arizona, making Arizona the only state which prohibits the teaching of abortion in public universities. To address this issue, Planned Parenthood implemented a rotation for obstetrics and gynecology residents to receive abortion training. Interested residents and medical students have the ability to utilize such resources to study the medical and surgical procedures of abortion. Second and third year Ob/Gyn residents have scheduled time available to pursue training. Medical students may pursue training on an elective basis.
In 2004, the Arizona Board of Regents and the Arizona Legislature approved a plan to expand the medical school to a second, downtown Phoenix campus. The plan includes a rare and historic collaboration between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University, and a partnership with the neighboring Translational Genomics Research Institute. The 16-acre (65,000 m2) campus, centered around the renovated Phoenix Union High School buildings, will eventually be expanded to include students from the College of Pharmacy, buildings for research, as well as an academic hospital. The first 24 students arrived in the fall of 2007, and the program is planned to be expanded to 150 students in the future, more than doubling the number of MD physicians graduating in the state each year.
As of 2008, the college has graduated 3,000 students.
On April 2, 2010, ASU withdrew its partnership with UA for the Phoenix campus, due to state budget cuts.
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