Executive Chairman of Cherokee Nation Businesses Bill John Baker (left), Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., OSU Center for Health Sciences President and College of Medicine Dean Dr. Kayse Shrum and OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation Dean Dr. William J. Pettit participated in a ribbon cutting for the Tahlequah school on Friday.
Credit OSU Center for Health Sciences
The OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation is officially open after a private ribbon cutting.
Medical school students and faculty started using the building earlier this month.
Cherokee Nation officials had been discussing a Tahlequah medical school for about a decade before announcing a partnership with OSU in October 2018. The $40 million, 84,000-square foot facility is on the campus of W.W. Hastings Hospital.