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SAN ANTONIO - The newly opened University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine is already filling a void on the city's South East side.

News 4 San Antonio was given an exclusive look inside.

The School of Medicine is already playing a big role in the South Side renaissance.

"The medical school is ready the students are here," said Precinct 4 Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert.

The campus officially opened a month ago, at Brooks City Base in South East Bexar County.

Commissioner Tommy Calvert says in time, The School of Medicine will have an overall $1.5 billion impact over the next decade, by providing mental and physical health care services to an area, he says has historically been under-served.

"A lot of the amenities we're used to seeing in other parts of town are going to find some parity and that's what we for so many generations have been fighting for," Calvert said.

The area near Brooks City Base is projected to see a large amount of new housing, shops, restaurants, and manufacturing businesses.

"It really is a dynamic mixed use community and the medical school is really the crown jewel," Calvert said.

Leaders at UIW are proud neighbors.

"It's an important opportunity that we have here to really be integrated into this community," said UIW Dean Robyn Phillips-Madson.

Commissioner Calvert says the medical school will help boost economic equality on the South Side, because medical professionals will likely move there.

"When I talk to the developers I say we've got to make homes for the doctors and the nurses so we're boosting the income level in the southern sector," said Calvert.

The School of Medicine will also help ease traffic congestion on the North West side.

"Anything to get rid of some of the traffic," said Larry Milsted. "The traffic is here because the people have to get here."

Larry Milsted drives to the Medical Center twice a month.

"Whatever you need medical-wise it's here," Milsted said.

Commissioner Calvert is already thanking leaders at UIW for expanding access to health care to Precinct 4.

"They're going to see their legacy ripple even bigger than the great legacy they've left at the medical school," Calvert said.

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