UTHSC, elected officials break ground on new $350M College of Medicine building
(Middle left to far right) Randy Boyd, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, Speaker Cameron Sexton and UT Board of Trustees member Bill Rhodes break ground on UTHSC's new College of Medicine building on Oct. 8, 2026. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center as well as local, state, and federal elected officials broke ground on a $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building Thursday — a building they say will help address a physician shortage in Tennessee and recruit prospective medical students from across the country.
The 300,000-square-foot building, which will be located at Madison Avenue and Dudley Street, will modernize the way medical students are taught, along with increasing the size of each cohort, university officials said. It will grow student cohort sizes from around 175 to 250, and the new building is expected to educate about 1,450 additional health professionals during its first five years, officials said.
The opening is scheduled for January 2030.
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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Dr. Peter Buckley Randy Boyd Lt. Gov. Randy McNally Cameron Sexton UTHSC College of Medicine Subscriber OnlyThank you for reading The Daily Memphian. Your support is critical.
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