The University of the Pacific plans to open a medical school at its main campus in Stockton, the first institution to issue a doctor of medicine (M.D.) degree in California’s Central Valley.
The school is slated to open in the fall of 2030, according to Thursday’s announcement. University officials hope it will help address the growing shortage of physicians in the Central Valley. UOP is the second major university in California to announce plans to open a medical school in recent weeks, after Santa Clara University.
The new medical school, estimated to cost $150 million in the first decade, will include a 100,000-square-foot medical education complex, simulation labs and other specialized equipment. The university has secured more than $25 million from donors, including Regent Tony Chan and wife, former Regent Virginia Chan, both graduates of the pharmacy school, and the Stockton-based Cortopassi Family Foundation. It has launched a public fundraising campaign to support the medical school…