Two New Osteopathic Medical Schools Planned for Florida

Two new colleges of osteopathic medicine are expected to open in Florida in 2028—one in Naples and one in South Miami-Dade—helping address the state’s growing physician shortage. With these additions, Florida will have a total of nine colleges of osteopathic medicine, the highest number of any state in the nation.

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New medical school to open in South Miami-Dade. How it will impact jobs and care “South Florida currently is facing a significant and worsening physician shortage,” Larkin University CEO Rudi Ettrich said. Miami Herald

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Osteopathic Medical School to Address Physician Shortage The affiliation between the medical school and NCH aims to train and retain physicians in Naples and Southwest Florida for long-term patient care opportunities. Therese McDevitt Gulfshore Business