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Posted Mar 23, 2009
Tarrant County Should Defend Its Osteopathic Medical School
By Tayson DeLengocky

The people of Tarrant County should rally to defend this special osteopathic medical school, because Texas residents deserve the holistic and preventive approach to their healthcare that D.O.s have to offer.
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Friday, Mar 13, 2009

Group protests proposal for M.D. degrees at University of North Texas Health Science Center

By MARIA M. PEROTIN
mperotin@star-telegram.com

FORT WORTH — A national organization of osteopathic doctors is suspending donations to a research center at the University of North Texas Health Science Center to protest a proposal for M.D. degrees at the medical school. View Article

December 12, 2008

University of North Texas Health Science Center's Proposal for M.D. Program Stirs Debate.
By MARIA M. PEROTIN (mperotin@star-telegram.com)
The University of North Texas Health Science Center could begin offering M.D. degrees within a few years if school officials approve a proposal to add that program to its osteopathic medicine curriculum.
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December 12, 2008

Anger is a Side Effect of University North Texas Doctor Plan
BUD KENNEDY

(bud@star-telegram.com)

Texas needs more doctors, and the University of North Texas medical school in Fort Worth stands ready to help.
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December 17, 2008

Second Opinion to

Mr. Kennedy's Article
"Anger is a Side Effect of University North Texas Doctor Plan" Read Entire Letter

Your opinion piece in last week’s Star-Telegram concerning the granting of the M.D. degree at the UNT/HSC was a very cleverly written and quality piece.

J. E. Froelich, D.O.,

TCOM Class of 1981

Past President-

TCOM Alumni Assoc

December 19, 2008

Fort Worth Star Telegram
Editorials & Opinions

Adding M.D. Degree a Bad Idea for TCOM
To see entire article click here.

— Elizabeth Zuber Beckwith
— David E. Garza, D.O.
— Jim Froelich, D.O.

Scott Ransom provided testimony on Feb 10th to the Texas Senate Finance Committee

on the HSC's Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) which is basically his budget request from the state. In his interview he is asked several questions about the MD option on campus. Two items of great interest include Sen. Zaffirini's focus on the administrative costs (increase?) already apparent at the school (in light of Scott Ransom's assertion thaadding a MD program could be done for no additional cost and that his administrative costs have decreased significantly since the last LAR) and Sen. Harris's question about whether any rotation slots for DO students had been lost at JPS (the answer was NO)

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To view the clip go the website, http://www.senate.state.tx.us/avarchive/?yr=2009 , and then click on the "Feb.10" for the "...Finance (Part III)" click on it and it will take you
to a video of the actual testimony.

Timeline:
Use the slider at the bottom of the video screen to go to 5:07:00, where Ransom's testimony starts or move ahead to 5:09:23 where he testifies 'We have reduced our administrative overhead costs about 12% just over the last...since 2005.' Despite reporting that he had increased his Deans, V.P.s, and associate V.P.s from 7 to 27 and very few are minority or women. Dr. Zaffirini was especially interested in that. At 5:15 he starts to answer questions from the Senators. It goes until 5:37:00. The Senators on the committee who asked questions include: Sen. Shapiro, Sen. Nelson, Sen. Deuell, Sen. Zaffirini, and also Sen. Harris.

Texas Statute

for UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH

SUBCHAPTER H.

Sec. 105.401.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is a coeducational institution of higher education that consists of a college of osteopathic medicine and other programs as prescribed by the board in accordance with the rules of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 1, eff. May 2, 2001.

Sec. 105.402. PROHIBITED DEGREES. The board may not award an M.D. degree.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 1, eff. May 2, 2001.

Sec. 105.403.

TEACHING HOSPITAL; FACILITIES.
(a) A complete teaching hospital for the health science center shall be furnished without cost or expense to the state.
(b) The board shall provide for adequate physical facilities for use by the health science center in its teaching and research programs.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 1, eff. May 2, 2001.

Sec. 105.404. AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER ENTITIES. The board may execute and carry out affiliation or coordinating agreements with any other entity, school, or institution in this state to provide clinical, postgraduate, including internship and residency, or other levels of medical educational work for the health science center.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 1, eff. May 2, 2001.

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