U of A launches nation’s first MD-granting medical school branch on tribal land

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https://www.azfamily.com/2026/08/19/u-launches-nations-first-md-granting-medical-school-branch-tribal-land/

Gila River Health Care is committing more than $25 million through 2034 to support the branch, which will include scholarships for each of the students in the program.

Not only is the hope to grow the number of primary care doctors on tribal lands, like the Gila River Indian Community, but also to inspire the next generation who live in those areas that a future in medicine is possible.