First Tribal Medical School Branch | Tucson News

Arizona’s medical school is breaking ground on tribal land — launching the nation’s first branch directly on the Gila River Indian Community, offering tuition-free MD training focused on primary care. Students will train for 18 months in the community, building cultural fluency and addressing a critical physician shortage in rural and Native American areas. With $25M investment and a pipeline designed to retain doctors locally, this bold initiative aims to inspire Native students to pursue medicine — right where they’re from — and could become a national model for equitable healthcare education. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/313f725c0f0e4135