The Kansas Hospital Association honored the health care contributions of Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedgwick; Dennis Franks, CEO of Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute; and Wichita State University president Richard Muma, who has a lead role in development of the Wichita Biomedical Campus. (Thad Allton for Kansas Reflector)
OVERLAND PARK — The Kansas Hospital Association honored Wichita State University president Richard Muma’s leadership in developing the $300 million biomedical campus in the heart of downtown Wichita to blend all of the WSU health education programs with the University of Kansas-Wichita’s medical and pharmacy schools.
Health care students and faculty from both universities and WSU Tech will share the Wichita Biomedical Campus anchored by an eight-story structure with classrooms, workspaces, laboratories, simulation rooms and other facilities for hands-on training. The first phase of the four-block project is expected to be operational in spring 2027.
Muma, who was appointed president of WSU in 2021, was presented the Donald Wilson Visionary Award by the KHA. Wilson’s was KHA’s president from 1982 until retiring in 2004.