Planning for a medical school that would serve the North State is continuing as the Rural Northern California Medical Education Consortium (the Consortium) gave a brief (8-minute) presentation at the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Meeting this Tuesday, January 20th.  After hearing the presentation by Dr. Paul Dhanuka, Dr. Norman Hall, and Dr. Irene Salter, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to provide them a letter of support for the project, which is an important

The need is great.  The task is formidable.  The all-star team has been assembled.  The Rural Northern California Medical Education Consortium (“Consortium”) has been formed that includes a broad coalition of health care professionals, educators, and community leaders to tackle a crisis facing the North State.  There is a shortage of physicians practicing in the area and it's getting worse as doctors retire. There are no medical schools in California between Sacramento and P

A coalition of healthcare professionals is working on plans to improve healthcare access for California's rural North State.