UA-Gila River Healthcare Partnership Event, Aug. 18
University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella, Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis, Gila River Health Care Board Chairman Robert Pablo, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Dean, Dr. Fredric Wondisford and other local leaders and elected officials perform the ribbon cutting at the announcement of the UA’s establishment of the nation's first MD-granting medical school branch located on the lands of a sovereign Tribal Nation in partnership with Gila River Health Care. The event took place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at Gila River Resorts & Casinos in Chandler, Arizona.
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