The University of South Alabama’s Whiddon College of Medicine is building a $200 million facility, expanding class sizes and boosting Alabama’s health care workforce.
The latest dynamic chapter is being written in the story of Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine with the construction of the school’s new 250,000-square-foot building. The $200 million state-of-the-art facility is targeted to be finished in 2026 and located on the University of South Alabama campus in Mobile.
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University President Jo Bonner says it will offer future students the most advanced learning and research opportunities anywhere in the country. It is one of only two accredited institutions in the state to offer a medical degree. A doctor of medicine or a doctorate in basic medical sciences degrees are offered.
“When completed, the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine building will allow us to increase the number of doctors we graduate each year from 80 to 100 with the ability to grow to 125, and most of them will remain in Alabama to practice,” Bonner says. “Combine that with the state’s largest College of Nursing and the Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions and the University of South Alabama has a profound impact on health care in our region and state.”
The building project will round out a medical education hub on campus that includes the nursing and allied health professions colleges as well as the Health Simulation Building and the Charles M. Baugh Biomedical Library…