Liz Freeman | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News
Naples Comprehensive Health is working on plans with a Florida company for an osteopathic medical school in Collier County.
The estimated $170-million project that is targeted to open in the fall of 2028 will be built in East Naples near the corner of Rattlesnake Hammock Road and Collier Boulevard.
It is a five-acre site that is “shovel-ready” for the building of just under 110,000 square feet.
Bay College of Osteopathic Medicine LLC is looking for a “sister school” to complement its recently completed Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, according to county documents.
The Collier County Commission on Nov. 10 unanimously approved $6 million in economic development funds over 10 years for the initiative.
The project is expected to have a $1.7 billion to $2 billion overall economic impact in the region over 25 years, according county officials.
NCH in a statement said that the academic partner would oversee day-to-day operations, construction and faculty.
The Naples College of Osteopathic Medicine will accommodate 400 students on campus and is expected to graduate its first class in 2032, according to Dr. Robert Hasty, dean of the Orlando osteopathic school.
The project will go a long way toward addressing a physician shortage that is ongoing in the region, similarly to a physician shortage statewide and nationally, officials say.
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