Posted: Monday, January 6, 2014 4:05 pm

Medical school extension granted with Tobacco Commission

Posted on January 6, 2014

SHORT PUMP, Va. - A proposed Abingdon medical school was given a nod of support Monday by members of the Southwest Economic Development Authority Committee of the Virginia Tobacco Commission.

Committee members voted to extend the Tobacco Commission's contract with the King School of Medicine, which has been conducting business as the Southwest Virginia School of Medicine.

The medical school has received private funding support, interim PresidentTariq Zaidi told the committee. He said promising partnerships with Emory & Henry College, as well as East Tennessee State University and Virginia Highlands Community College, will help the school get off the ground.

Committee members voted to require school officials to present a business plan and detailed financesat the commission's May meeting.

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Medical school extension granted with Tobacco Commission