Dell Medical School will add a new program in the fall 2020 semester, while UT Health Austin will open an ophthalmology and its Ambulatory Surgery Center in 2020. Jack Flagler/Community Impact Newspaper

In 2020, UT Health Austin will continue its growth by opening an ophthalmology clinic and its Ambulatory Surgery Center, adding two to the 17 specialty clinics now offered.

Additionally, UT Health Austins Multiple Sclerosis clinic will relocate to the first floor of the Health Transformation Building this year.

Meanwhile, beginning in August of 2020, the University of Texas will begin offering a one-year masters program in Design in Health. The program is offered jointly through UTs College of Fine Arts and Dell Medical School.

Our health care system is intrinsically flawed, and we need a new generation of care providers and design thinkers who can creatively solve health cares most wicked problems from the inside, said Stacey Chang, executive director of Dell Medical Schools Design Institute for Health, in a media release. Applications for the program are open through May 2020.

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Health care news to follow in 2020: UT Health Austin expands, Dell Medical School offers new program - Community Impact Newspaper