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Renovation to soon begin on new campus at Brooks City Base

Posted YESTERDAY, 6:21 PM Updated YESTERDAY, 7:04 PM

SAN ANTONIO - University of the Incarnate Word leaders helped break ground Friday at the future site of the university's medical school at Brooks City Base.

The walls of several buildings at Brooks City Base will soon be covered with UIW Cardinal red and black.

"It's just a dream come true," said Dr. Robyn Madson, who will be the dean of the UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine.

"As an osteopathic medical school, we're interested in holistic care of patients and we will be focused predominantly on training and educating physicians in primary care fields who will serve the underserved in Texas," Madson said.

The project is split into two phases.

Phase 1 will renovate four to five buildings into medical school facilities and is estimated to be done by 2017. Phase 2 will renovate three other buildings that should be done by 2020.

Phase One will cost $50 million, but Madson said the cost will be more than worth it. She said the facility is needed now more than ever.

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Ground broken for UIW Medical School