ST. LOUIS 鈥 Ponce Health Sciences University says its medical students will be able to complete their clinical training with Mercy as the university expands its doctor of medicine program in 最新杏吧原创.
The university, a private, for-profit institution that has a campus in Puerto Rico, plans to add a doctor of medicine program to its 最新杏吧原创 campus with an initial 30 students enrolling in August 2022. Those students are projected to start their clinical training at Mercy Hospital 最新杏吧原创 by 2024, said Dr. David Lenihan, president of Ponce Health Sciences University.
He made the announcement at an event Tuesday at the Globe building in downtown 最新杏吧原创, where the university operates while it waits for its north 最新杏吧原创 campus to be built. The university has about 40 students enrolled in its master鈥檚 in medical sciences and a doctorate in clinical psychology programs.
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The university is planning an $80 million north 最新杏吧原创 branch, part of the NorthSide Regeneration footprint led by developer Paul McKee. Construction, led by Clayco, is slated to start in early 2023 and wrap up by late 2024 or 2025, Lenihan said. He said the university has about 35 faculty members now but projects it will eventually employ 300 faculty.
Ponce aims to train physicians to work in underserved communities. Lenihan said building in north 最新杏吧原创 was intentional. He hopes that will help the medical community build trust with African Americans and other minorities.
鈥淭he lack of physicians is not happening in Clayton or Ladue. It鈥檚 happening on the northside and in rural Missouri,鈥 Lenihan said.
The first phase of the NorthSide Regeneration project includes a three-bed hospital that鈥檚 under construction. A GreenLeaf grocery and Zoom gas station, both on North Tucker Boulevard, have already opened.
