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City’s first four-year medical school opens at Jacksonville University

Mayor Donna Deegan, flanked by members of the inaugural class of osteopathic doctors, speaks at Lake Erie College of Medicine at Jacksonville University’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Joe Listen
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Jacksonville Daily Record
Mayor Donna Deegan, flanked by members of the inaugural class of osteopathic doctors, speaks at Lake Erie College of Medicine at Jacksonville University’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

After a $50 million investment into an Arlington campus, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine opened Jacksonville’s first medical school on Friday.

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LECOM, which built its campus at Jacksonville University, hosted a ribbon-cutting to open its doors to around 75 students in osteopathic medicine, a field that focuses on whole-body care and preventive medicine.

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LECOM purchased the land for the four-year medical school on 9.87 acres in March 2025 for $5.22 million. The school is part of the 55-acre JU Medical Mall.

Click here to read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a Jacksonville Today news partner.

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