Two private meetings this summer brought top officials from the University of Washington and Washington State University close to a deal on co-branding a medical school inSpokane.

Yet the efforts for a third and possibly final meeting to seal an agreement were stymied when WSU officials hesitated. And now the two schools are veering away from collaboration that would have shared local faculty, and brought medical school admissions, administration and research dollars toSpokane.

Scott Morris, chairman and CEO of Avista Corp., represented Spokanes interests in the negotiations along with former Providence Health Care executive Mike Wilson. They

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Two private meetings this summer brought top officials from the University of Washington and Washington State University close to a deal on co-branding a medical school inSpokane.

Yet the efforts for a third and possibly final meeting to seal an agreement were stymied when WSU officials hesitated. And now the two schools are veering away from collaboration that would have shared local faculty, and brought medical school admissions, administration and research dollars toSpokane.

Scott Morris, chairman and CEO of Avista Corp., represented Spokanes interests in the negotiations along with former Providence Health Care executive Mike Wilson. They wanted the two schools to strike a deal before each released reports bolstering their own plans for training more doctors inSpokane.

People become entrenched around such reports, Morrissaid.

WSU Regent Mike Worthy said he needed to delay the meetings with Morris, Wilson and UW leadership when it became apparent they were pushing for a contract when he had not yet informed his own board of theprogress.

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Private meetings between UW, WSU explored 'co-branding' medical school in Spokane - Wed, 17 Sep 2014 PST