Paths to Excellence: The Dell Medical School and Medical Education in Texas

Kenneth I. Shine; Amy Shaw Thomas

Published by University of Texas Press 2021

Paths to Excellence

The Dell Medical School and Medical Education in Texas

Kenneth I. Shine and Amy Shaw Thomas

https://doi.org/10.7560/324684

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About this book

For more than a century, medical schools and academic campuses were largely separate in Texas. Though new medical technologies and drugs—conceivably, even a vaccine instrumental in the prevention of a pandemic—might be developed on an academic campus such as the University of Texas at Austin, there was no co-located medical school with which to collaborate. Faculty members were left to seek experts on distant campuses. That all changed on May 3, 2012, when the UT System Board of Regents voted to create the Dell Medical School in Austin.

This book tells in detail and for the first time the story of how this change came about: how dedicated administrators, alumni, business leaders, community organizers, doctors, legislators, professors, and researchers joined forces, overcame considerable resistance, and raised the funds to build a new medical school without any direct state monies. Funding was secured in large part by the unique willingness of the local community to tax itself to pay for the financial operations of the school. Kenneth I. Shine and Amy Shaw Thomas, who witnessed this process from their unique vantages as past and present vice chancellors for health affairs in the University of Texas System, offer a working model that will enable other leaders to more effectively seek solutions, avoid pitfalls, and build for the future.

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Kenneth I. Shine, a former senior vice chancellor for health affairs with UT System in Austin, is a courtesy professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Dell Medical School. Amy Shaw Thomas is the senior vice chancellor for health affairs with UT System in Austin.

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This is the compelling story of how one of America's great universities, civic leaders, the private sector, and an entire community came together to support the creation of a new medical school to meet the health challenges of the twenty-first century.

— Darrell Kirch, MD, President Emeritus of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Paths to Excellence is both an exquisitely detailed history of medical education within the University of Texas System since 1883 and a wonderfully crafted record of the more recent build-out of medical education in Austin that resulted in the establishment of the Dell Medical School in 2012. It shines a spotlight on the leaders who made it all happen. Ken Shine and Amy Shaw Thomas give us an extraordinarily important scholarly work that will be studied by students and scholars for generations to come. This is a must-read for all who cherish the University of Texas and its commitment to the pursuit of excellence.

— Steve Leslie, PhD, Provost, UT Austin 2007–2013

As our guides on the path to how the Dell Medical School was established, Ken Shine and Amy Shaw Thomas share an important and in-depth perspective on the original vision, opportunities, and challenges faced along the way. They profile the many individuals in Texas who played pivotal roles in garnering support from the state legislature, Seton Healthcare Family, and philanthropists to secure approval for the medical school from UT’s Board of Regents.

— Francisco Cigarroa, MD, Chancellor, University of Texas System 2009–2015

As the economy in Texas evolves and Central Texas becomes a hub of innovation, the University of Texas System in Austin helps lead the way in the fields of medical devices and technologies. The effort to make the Dell Medical School a reality was just the beginning of this new opportunity. Paths to Excellence chronicles the hard work of the many visionary leaders who overcame substantial hurdles in working together to make this happen, and the lessons learned here can be applied to all our future endeavors in improving health care for everyone.

— Pete Winstead, Attorney and Founding Shareholder of Winstead PC Law Firm

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
FOREWORD Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
PREFACE Kenneth I. Shine and Amy Shaw Thomas Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1. SEPARATION OF THE ACADEMIC UNIVERSITY AND MEDICAL SCHOOL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
CHAPTER 2. THE AUSTIN SCENE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
CHAPTER 3. CREATING THE IMPETUS The Modern Era Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
CHAPTER 4. AUSTIN’S NEXT STEPS Some Key Players Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
CHAPTER 5. THE PACE QUICKENS— THEN THE RECESSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
CHAPTER 6. THE ACTION PLAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
CHAPTER 7. CREATING THE MEDICAL SCHOOL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
APPENDIX 1. Austin Residency Programs, Current Status of Graduate Medical Education in Austin, May 2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
APPENDIX 2 Summit 2000, Summary of the Proceedings, November 30, 2000 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
APPENDIX 3. Board of Regents Minutes on Expanded Role, November 12, 2003 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
APPENDIX 4. Austin Academic Health Center Proposal, August 10, 2004 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
APPENDIX 5. Board of Regents Minutes, “Proposed Austin Academic Health Center,” August 11, 2004 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
APPENDIX 6. Organization and Governance, Academic Health Center Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
APPENDIX 7. Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission, 2004–2005 Members Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
APPENDIX 8. UT Austin / UTMB Collaboration, August 24, 2004 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
APPENDIX 9. Overview and Update: An Academic Health Center in Austin, July 14, 2005 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
APPENDIX 10. Board of Regents Minutes, January 12, 2006 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
APPENDIX 11. Board of Regents Presentation, January 12, 2006 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
APPENDIX 12. Austin Academic Health Center Children’s Health Research Institute Report Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
APPENDIX 13. Board of Regents Minutes, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, August 10, 2006 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
APPENDIX 14. Dell Pediatric Research Institute Executive Summary Report, UT System Office of Facilities, Planning, and Construction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
APPENDIX 15. Board of Regents, Dell Medical School Planning Committees, July 16, 2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
APPENDIX 16. Dell Medical School at UT Austin Mission, Vision, Core Values, and Goals, March 27, 2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
APPENDIX 17. UT Austin Medical School Summary Sources and Uses of Funds, Preliminary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
APPENDIX 18. Institution or Medical School? A Comparison of the Options Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
APPENDIX 19. “Watson Emphasizing Goal, Not Cost, When It Comes to Medical School,” by Ralph K. M. Haurwitz and Mary Ann Roser, Austin American-Statesman, September 20, 2011 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
APPENDIX 20. Board of Regents Motion on Development of a Medical School, May 3, 2012 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
APPENDIX 21. Proposition 1, Central Health Tax Ratification Election, Travis County Central Health District, November 6, 2012 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
APPENDIX 22. Chancellor’s Message on Establishing a Medical School at UT Austin, November 1, 2012 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
APPENDIX 23. “UT Medical School Should Be ‘World-Class,’ Powers Says,” by Ralph K. M. Haurwitz, Austin American-Statesman, October 6, 2011 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
APPENDIX 24. Memorandum of Understanding, UT Austin, Central Health, Seton, and the Community Care Collaborative, July 25, 2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
APPENDIX 25. Press Release on Organization and Governance and Medical School Dean Search, April 11, 2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
APPENDIX 26. Inaugural Dean Position Specification, June 2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
CHRONOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: University of Texas Health Press; medical school; Dell Medical School; medical education; University of Texas at Austin; higher education administration

eBook

Published: April 1, 2022
ISBN: 9781477324691