Santa Clara University and Sutter Health plan to open the first new medical school in the Bay Area in more than 100 years, leaders at the university and the health care provider announced Friday.
The school, funded in part by a $175 million gift to the university from venture capitalist Mark Stevens and wife Mary, a 1984 alum, will be named the Mark and Mary Stevens School of Medicine. Pending approval from accrediting bodies, the 82,000-square-foot school will be built in Santa Clara about five miles from the university’s main campus and adjacent to Sutter’s East Santa Clara medical center at 2441 Mission College Blvd.
It’s not clear when the school would open, as the accreditation process can take several years. But Sutter CEO Warner Thomas said he hopes it will be around 2030. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education accredits U.S. medical schools…